Folate supplementation and twin pregnancies

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 201-205

  Vollset, Stein Emil ^a,b   Gjessing, Håkon K ^b   Tandberg, Anne ^c   Rønning, Thorbjørn ^b   Irgens, Lorentz M ^a,b   Baste, Valborg ^b   Nilsen, Roy M ^b   Daltveit, Anne Kjersti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TWIN PREGNANCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 14644394848     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000152914.84962.13     Document Type: Article

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