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Reduction of birth prevalence rates of neural tube defects after folic acid fortification in Chile

✍ Scribed by Jorge S. López-Camelo; Iêda M. Orioli; Maria da Graça Dutra; Julio Nazer-Herrera; Nelson Rivera; María Elena Ojeda; Aurora Canessa; Elisabeth Wettig; Ana María Fontannaz; Cecília Mellado; Eduardo E. Castilla

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
101 KB
Volume
135A
Category
Article
ISSN
1552-4825

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