Primary prevention of neural tube defects with folate in Western Australia: The value of the Western Australian Birth Defects Registry

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-121

  Bower, Carol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Birth Defects Registry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folate; Fortification; Neural tube defects; Primary prevention; Register

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH DEFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIMB REDUCTION DEFECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA;

ABNORMALITIES; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33646755183     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2006.00112.x     Document Type: Review

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