Socioeconomic status, neighborhood social conditions, and neural tube defects

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1674-1680

  Wasserman, Cathy R ^a   Shaw, Gary M ^b   Selvin, Steve ^c   Gould, Jeffrey B ^c   Syme, S Leonard ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FETUS; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0031770747     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.11.1674     Document Type: Article

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