Food fortification with folic acid and rate of multiple births, 1994-2000

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 948-952

  Lawrence, Jean M ^a   Watkins, Margaret L ^b   Chiu, Vicki ^a   Erickson, J David ^c   Petitti, Diana B ^a  

^a Kaiser Permanente S California ^*  (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Fortification; Multiple births

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; FOLIC ACID; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CEREAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY AGENTS, FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11144349786     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20088     Document Type: Article

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