Use of supplements containing folic acid among women of childbearing age - United States, 2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-8

  Petrini, J R ^a   Hamner, H C ^b   Flores, A L ^b   Mulinare, J ^b   Prue, C ^b  

^a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

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EID: 38949120876     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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