Effects of wheat flour fortification with folic acid on the prevalence of neural tube defects in Chile;Resultados del Programa de Prevención de Defectos de Tubo Neural en Chile mediante la fortificación de la harina con ácido fólico. Período 2001-2010

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 751-757

  Nazer H , Julio ^a   Cifuentes O , Lucía ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Newborns

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CHILE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; FLOUR; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

ANENCEPHALY; CHILE; ENCEPHALOCELE; FLOUR; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 84884691833     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0034-98872013000600009     Document Type: Article

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