Genetic selection and folate intake during pregnancy

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9134, 1998, Pages 1120-1121

  Munoz Moran E ^b   Dieguez Lucena, J L ^b   Fernandez Arcas, N ^b   Peran Mesa, S ^b   Reyes Engel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DIET; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0344157861     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79761-0     Document Type: Article

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