Multiple pregnancies and folic acid [1];Embarazos múltiples y ácido fólico

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 797-798

  Hertrampf D, Eva ^a   Cortés M, Fanny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

CHILE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVE BIRTH; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; TWINS;

CHILE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; LIVE BIRTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33746845694     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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