Hypothesis: anencephaly and spina bifida are usually preventable by avoidance of a specific but unidentified substance present in certain potato tubers

J H Renwick. Br J Prev Soc Med. 1972 May.

. 1972 May;26(2):67-88.

doi: 10.1136/jech.26.2.67.

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