Food fortification with folic acid and twinning among California infants

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 119 A, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-140

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

^a California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Plural births; Pregnancy; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GENDER; GRAIN; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWIN ZYGOSITY; UNITED STATES; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 0042823565     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20145     Document Type: Article

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