Impact of flour fortification with folic acid on the prevalence of neural tube defects in Northern Iran

Journal of Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 69-73

  Golalipour, Mohammad Jafar ^a   Arabi, Mohsen ^b   Ali Vakili, Mohammad ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

flour fortification; folic acid; Iran; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENCEPHALOCELE; FLOUR; FLOUR FORTIFICATION; HUMAN; ICD-10; IRAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREVALENCE; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; THERAPEUTIC ABORTION;

EID: 84940932506     PISSN: 13042580     EISSN: 18759041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JPN-140642     Document Type: Article

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