Low rate of adequate folic acid supplementation in well-educated women of high socioeconomic status attending a genetics clinic

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1149-1150

  Dawson, Laura E ^a   Hunter, Alasdair G W ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FLOUR; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0035574470     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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