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. 2005 Mar 12;330(7491):574-5.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.574.

Preventing neural tube defects in Europe: population based study

Araceli Busby¹, Lenore Abramsky, Helen Dolk, Ben Armstrong; Eurocat Folic Acid Working Group

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PMID: 15760997
PMCID: PMC554030
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.574

Preventing neural tube defects in Europe: population based study

Araceli Busby et al. BMJ. 2005.

. 2005 Mar 12;330(7491):574-5.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.574.

Authors

Araceli Busby¹, Lenore Abramsky, Helen Dolk, Ben Armstrong; Eurocat Folic Acid Working Group

Affiliation

¹ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT. araceli.busby@lshtm.ac.uk

PMID: 15760997
PMCID: PMC554030
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.330.7491.574

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Prevalence of neural tube defects in the United Kingdom and Ireland and in other European countries, 1980-2001, adjusted for registry (prevalence = total neural tube defect cases (live births + fetal deaths from 20 weeks' gestation (including stillbirths) + terminations of pregnancy)/(total live births + stillbirths))

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