Awareness of folic acid for neural tube defect prevention among Israeli women

Teratology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-32

  Ringel, Sigal ^a   Lahat, Eliezer ^a   Elizov, Tamara ^a   Greenberg, Revital ^a   Arieli, Shlomo ^a   Afriat, Rachel ^a   Berkovitch, Matitiahu ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SPINA BIFIDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032809653     PISSN: 00403709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9926(199907)60:1<29::AID-TERA8>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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