Knowledge and use of peri-conceptional folic acid among antenatal patients

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 236-238

  Sayers, G ^a,b   Scallan, E ^a   McDonnell, R ^a   Johnson, Z ^a  

^a DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Eastern Health Board   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0031241904     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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