Prevalence and correlates of neural tube defect in South West Iran: Retrospective analysis

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-34

  Behrooz, Ahmad ^a   Gorjizadeh, Mohammad H ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Khuzestan; Neural tube defect; Retrospective study; Social and ecological factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963726889     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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