Prophylaxis of neural tube defects with folic acid in pregnant women from a health district;Profilaxis de los defectos del tubo neural con folatos en las mujeres gestantes del área 10 de Madrid

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-103

  Garcia Carballo M M ^a   Gonzalez Gonzalez A I ^b   Jimenez Garcia R ^c  

^a Centro de Salud El Greco   (Spain)

^b Instituto Tecnológico de Servicios Sanitarios   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0037440880     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0212-6567(03)79145-8     Document Type: Article

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