Preventing neural tube defects in Europe: a missed opportunity.

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Published in Reprod Toxicol on July 11, 2005

Authors

Araceli Busby1, Lenore Abramsky, Helen Dolk, Ben Armstrong, Marie-Claude Addor, Goran Anneren, Nicola Armstrong, Andre Baguette, Ingeborg Barisic, Andrea Berghold, Sebastiano Bianca, Paula Braz, Elisa Calzolari, Marianne Christiansen, Guido Cocchi, Anne Kjersti Daltveit, Hermien De Walle, Grace Edwards, Miriam Gatt, Blanca Gener, Yves Gillerot, Romana Gjergja, Janine Goujard, Martin Haeusler, Anna Latos-Bielenska, Robert McDonnell, Amanda Neville, Birgitta Olars, Isabel Portillo, Annukka Ritvanen, Elizabeth Robert-Gnansia, Christine Rösch, Gioacchino Scarano, Volker Steinbicker

Author Affiliations

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

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