Sex differences in prevalence of congenital neural defects after periconceptional famine exposure

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-58

  Brown, Alan S ^a   Susser, Ezra S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

anencephaly; famine; folate; neural tube defects; nutrition; prenatal; sex; spina bifida

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINA BIFIDA;

EID: 0031030218     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199701000-00009     Document Type: Article

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