Folate promotion in Western Australia and the prevention of neural tube defects

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 458-464

  Bower, Carol ^a,b   Miller, Margaret ^a   Payne, Jan ^a   Serna, Peta ^a   de Klerk, Nicholas ^a   Stanley, Fiona J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Birth Defects Registry of WA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SPINA BIFIDA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; NEWBORN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 14544290123     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2004.tb00028.x     Document Type: Article

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