Multivitamin supplementation and risk of birth defects

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 150, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 675-682

  Werler, Martha M ^a   Hayes, Catherine ^b   Louik, Carol ^a   Shapiro, Samuel ^a   Mitchell, Allen A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Pregnancy; Teratogens; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT PALATE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PYLORUS STENOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERATOGENESIS; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0033213972     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a010070     Document Type: Article

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