Trends in neural tube defect prevalence, folic acid fortification, and vitamin supplement use

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 277-285

  Olney, Richard S ^a,b   Mulinare, Joseph ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH DEFECT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANADA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VITAMINS;

EID: 0036667805     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/sper.2002.34773     Document Type: Article

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