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The Costa Rican Experience: Reduction of Neural Tube Defects following Food Fortification Programs

✍ Scribed by Luis Tacsan Chen; Melany Ascencio Rivera

Book ID: 111435565
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Weight: 177 KB
Volume: 62
Category: Article
ISSN: 0029-6643
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2004.tb00073.x

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