Neural tube defects among Mexican Americans living on the US-Mexico border: Effects of folic acid and dietary folate

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1017-1023

  Suarez, Lucina ^a   Hendricks, Katherine A ^a   Cooper, Sharon P ^b   Sweeney, Anne M ^b   Hardy, Robert J ^b   Larsen, Russell D ^a  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Diet; Folic acid; Mexican Americans; Neural tube defects; Pregnancy; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; POLYGLUTAMIC ACID; VITAMIN;

BORDER REGION; DIET; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RISK; TEXAS;

MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034541217     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.11.1017     Document Type: Article

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