Prevention of neural-tube defects with folic acid in China

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1485-1490

  Berry, Robert J ^b   Li, Zhu ^a   Erickson, J David ^c   Li, Song ^a   Moore, Cynthia A ^c   Wang, Hong ^a   Mulinare, Joseph ^c   Zhao, Ping ^a   Wong, Lee Yang C ^c   Gindler, Jacqueline ^c   Hong, Shi Xin ^a   Correa, Adolfo ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ODDS RATIO; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0033547440     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199911113412001     Document Type: Article

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