Inadequate folic acid intake around the time of conception, particularly among less highly educated women;Onvoldoende foliumzuurinname rond de conceptie, vooral onder lager opgeleide vrouwen

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 146, Issue 42, 2002, Pages 1990-1993

  De Walle, H E K ^a   De Jong van den Berg, L T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; DRUG INFORMATION; DRUG USE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0037137063     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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