Dick smithells, folic acid, and the prevention of neural tube defects

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 254-259

  Schorah, Christopher ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 65349096133     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20544     Document Type: Review

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