Diet quality and risk of neural tube defects

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-355

  Carmichael, Suzan L ^a,d   Shaw, Gary M ^a   Selvin, Steve ^b   Schaffer, Donna M ^c  

^a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; IRON; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0037371018     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00402-4     Document Type: Article

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