Decline in the incidence of neural tube defects after the national fortification of flour (1997-2005)

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1227-1229

  Safdar, Osama Y ^a   Al Dabbagh, Amal A ^a   AbuElieneen, Wafa A ^a   Kari, Jameela A ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BABY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; FLOUR; FOOD PROCESSING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MORBIDITY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREGNANCY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; SHUNTING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 35848935435     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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