Multivitamin supplementation and multiple births

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 93-96

  Werler, Martha M ^a,b,c   Cragan, Janet D ^a,b,c   Wasserman, Cathy R ^a,b,c   Shaw, Gary M ^a,b,c   David Erickson, J ^a,b,c   Mitehell, Allen A ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Multiple vitamins; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ABNORMALITIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMINS;

EID: 0030910905     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970711)71:1<93::AID-AJMG17>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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