Folic acid: Preventive nutrition for preconception, the fetus, and the newborn

NeoReviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Johnston Jr , Richard B ^a  

^a University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

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EID: 77149160650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/neo.10-1-e10     Document Type: Article

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