Prevention of neural tube defects: Effect of an intervention aimed at implementing the official recommendations

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-32

  Egen, Veronika ^a   Hasford, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Health promotion; Neural tube defect; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; GERMANY; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PHARMACISTS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037276176     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000380300003     Document Type: Article

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