Descriptive epidemiology of lipomyelomeningocele, Hawaii, 1986-2001

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 953-956

  Forrester, Mathias B ^a   Merz, Ruth D ^a  

^a Hawaii Birth Defects Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects registry; Lipomyelomeningocele; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HAWAII; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

PIERINAE;

EID: 11144302748     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20092     Document Type: Article

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