Will the Eastern Mediterranean Region be the first to prevent all of folic acid-preventable spina bifida and anencephaly?

Godfrey P. Oakley; Vijaya Kancherla

doi:10.15537/smj.2016.1.13550

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Will the Eastern Mediterranean Region be the first to prevent all of folic acid-preventable spina bifida and anencephaly?

Godfrey P. Oakley and Vijaya Kancherla

Saudi Medical Journal January 2016, 37 (1) 10-11; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.1.13550

Godfrey P. Oakley Jr

From the Center for Spina Bifida Research, Prevention and Policy, Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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Vijaya Kancherla

From the Center for Spina Bifida Research, Prevention and Policy, Department of Epidemiology, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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vol. 37 no. 1 10-11

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https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.1.13550

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Received September 13, 2015
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Published online January 1, 2016.

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