Long-term somatic and mental development of children after periconceptional multivitamin supplementation

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 719-723

  Dobo M ^a,b   Czeizel, A E ^a  

^a National Institute of Public Health Budapest   (Hungary)

^b Csaladtervezesi Tanacsado   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Case history; Mental development; Periconceptional multivitamin folic acid supplementation; Somatic development

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST; PLACEBO; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POSTNATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0031679489     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050922     Document Type: Article

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