Brazil: Public health genomics

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-58

  Castilla, E E ^a,b   Luquetti, D V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b CEMIC   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Birth defects registration; Brazil; Folic acid; Genetics; Public health; Rubella

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; RUBELLA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BRAZIL; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ERADICATION THERAPY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SERVICE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; MEDICAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH GENOMICS; VACCINATION;

BRAZIL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE; GENETIC SERVICES; GENOMICS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

RUBELLA; SUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68149098692     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000153424     Document Type: Article

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