Descriptive study on neural tube defects in Argentina

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 509-516

  Sargiotto, Carla ^a   Bidondo, María Paz ^a   Liascovich, Rosa ^a   Barbero, Pablo ^a   Groisman, Boris ^a  

^a National Ministry of Health   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Argentina; Birth defects epidemiology; Congenital anomalies; Encephalocele; Neural tube defects; Public health surveillance; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHILE; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; CUBA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENCEPHALOCELE; FEMALE; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; STILLBIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WHEAT FLOUR; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARGENTINA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84931561504     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23372     Document Type: Article

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