EPIDEMIOLOGY OF NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS IN THE WORLD AND IRAN

Statistical data from 1966 till 1995 showed that Neural tube defects, in the American continent, Venezuela had the highest prevalence of 38.9 and some Latin American countries showed the low of 7.7. In Europe, Norway had the highest prevalence of 68, and Denmark the lowest, 5.8. In Asia, India had t...

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Main Authors: D.D. Farhud, V. Hadavi, H. Sadighi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2000-08-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
NTD
Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/803.pdf&manuscript_id=803