Influence of educational level on determinants of folic acid use

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 256-263

  Van der Pal de Bruin, Karin M ^a   De Walle, Hermien E K ^b   De Rover, Carolien M ^d   Jeeninga, Wendy ^e   Cornel, Martina C ^f   De Jong van den Berg, Lolkje T W ^c   Buitendijk, Simone E ^a   Paulussen, Theo G W M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d GGD Regio Achterhoek   (Netherlands)

^e GGD Midden Brabant   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REGIONALIZATION; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0038690162     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2003.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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