Folic acid and the prevention of neural tube defects
- 22 April 1995
- Vol. 310 (6986) , 1019-1020
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.310.6986.1019
Abstract
Some people argue that preventive strategies should be selectively targeted at women planning a pregnancy—on the grounds that only pregnant women and their children stand to benefit and only a few of these are affected. From a public health perspective, however, most disorders affect only a minority of people at risk …Keywords
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