The use of folic acid for the prevention of birth defects in Puerto Rico

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  García Fragoso, Lourdes ^a   García García, Inés ^a   Rivera, Cynthia E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b Clinical Research Center   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Folic acid; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CHILD; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL CARE; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONGENITAL DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 52149102755     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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