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Long Term Maintenance of Neural Tube Defects Prevention in a High Prevalence State

✍ Scribed by Julianne S. Collins; Kristy K. Atkinson; Jane H. Dean; Robert G. Best; Roger E. Stevenson

Book ID: 113746479
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 384 KB
Volume: 159
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6833
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.12.037

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