Folate before pregnancy: Are we doing enough?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 174, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 619-620

  Bower, C ^a   Werler, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

AUSTRALIA; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SERUM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PUERPERIUM;

EID: 0035907649     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143468.x     Document Type: Editorial

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