Suboptimal compliance with periconceptual folie acid in an Irish hospital population

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-30

  Milner, M ^a   Slevin, J ^a   Morrow, A ^a   Fawzy, M ^a   Clarke, T ^a   Mc Kenna, P ^a  

^a ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; IRELAND; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0029678181     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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