Increasing trend of spina bifida and decreasing birth weight in relation to declining body-mass index of young women in Japan

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1023-1026

  Takimoto, Hidemi ^a   Tamura, Tsunenobu ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING HABIT; SPINA BIFIDA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LIFE STYLE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 33748174157     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.04.051     Document Type: Article

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