The frequency of twin pregnancies increased in a Chilean hospital associated with periconceptional flour folic acid supplementation;La frecuencia de nacimientos de gemelos aumentó en un hospital chileno coincidiendo con el consumo periconcepcional de harina fortificada con ácido fólico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-52

  Nazer H, Julio ^a,b   Aguila R, Alfredo ^a   Cifuentes O, Lucía ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Flour; Folic acid; Multiple; Pregnancy; Twins

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FLOUR; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TWINS;

CHILE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; SEX RATIO; TWINS;

EID: 33644679708     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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