Awareness of the benefit of periconceptional folic acid supplementation in South America

Community Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-76

  Castilla, Eduardo E ^a,c   Da Graça Dutra, Maria ^a   Lopez Camelo, Jorge S ^b   Rittler, Mónica ^d   Orioli, Iêda M ^e  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologia Celular   (Argentina)

^c CEMIC   (Argentina)

^d Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Folic acid; South America

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTH AMERICA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0034487010     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051107     Document Type: Article

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