Periconceptional nutrient intakes and risks of neural tube defects in California

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 670-678

  Carmichael, Suzan L ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Shaw, Gary M ^b  

^a March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; ZINC;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALUS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINA BIFIDA; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CALIFORNIA; CARBON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955635150     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20675     Document Type: Article

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