Folic acid supplements in pregnancy and severe language delay in children

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1566-1573

  Roth, Christine ^a,c   Magnus, Per ^a   Schjølberg, Synnve ^a   Stoltenberg, Camilla ^a   Surén, Pål ^a   McKeague, Ian W ^b   Smith, George Davey ^d   Reichborn Kjennerud, Ted ^a,e   Susser, Ezra ^b,c,f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 80053995415     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1433     Document Type: Article

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