Folic acid supplementation and spontaneous preterm birth: Adding grist to the mill?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Callaway, Leonie ^a,b   Colditz, Paul B ^b,c   Fisk, Nicholas M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 66349122933     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000077     Document Type: Short Survey

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