Promotion of folate for the prevention of neural tube defects: Knowledge and use of periconceptional folic acid supplements in Western Australia, 1992 to 1995

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 716-721

  Bower, Carol ^a   Blum, Lynda ^a   O'Daly, Kevin ^a   Higgins, Cathryn ^a   Loutsky, Francis ^a   Kosky, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PREGNANCY; SPINA BIFIDA;

EID: 0031473366     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01786.x     Document Type: Article

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