Quantifying the effect of folic acid

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9298, 2001, Pages 2069-2073

  Wald, N J ^a   Law, M R ^a   Morris, J K ^a   Wald, D S ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TABLET FORMULATION;

EID: 0035894581     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)07104-5     Document Type: Article

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