Estimating the burden of neural tube defects in low- and middle-income countries

Journal of Global Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lo, Annie ^a   Polšek, Dora ^b   Sidhu, Simrita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

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EID: 84963675991     PISSN: 20472978     EISSN: 20472986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.04.010402     Document Type: Article

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