Folate and clefts of the lip and palate - A U.K.-based case-control study: Part I: Dietary and supplemental folate

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 420-427

  Little, J ^a   Gilmour, M ^b   Mossey, P A ^b   FitzPatrick, D ^c   Cardy, A ^d   Clayton Smith, J ^e   Fryer, A E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Epidemiology; Folate; Folic acid

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENERGY; FLOUR; FOLATE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 48649088981     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-150.1     Document Type: Article

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