Do we need another randomized controlled trial of folic acid alone?

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 262-265

  Turner, Linda A ^a,b   Morrison, Howard ^b   Prabhakaran, Victor M ^c  

^a Bur of Repro and Child Health   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital anomalies; Diet; Dietary supplements; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Prevention and control; Therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ABNORMALITIES; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0035101571     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200103000-00022     Document Type: Review

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