Folic acid awareness in michigan, 1996-1999

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1046-1050

  Arole, Chidinma N Alozie ^a   Puder, Karoline S ^a   Reznar, Melissa ^a   Eby, Elizabeth ^b   Zhu, Bao Ping ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242459215     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: 1873233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0029-7844(03)00862-7     Document Type: Article

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