Advisory Committee for Reproductive Health Drugs

December 15, 2003 Meeting on Addition of Folic Acid to Oral Contraceptive Pills

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Minimum dose for prevention of NTDs

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** These articles are not included in this packet; they are among the references provided by Johnson & Johnson in their briefing book.