Folic acid supplements to prevent neural tube defects: Trends in East of Ireland 1996-2002

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 274-276

  Ward, M ^a   Hutton, J ^a   Mc Donnell, R ^a   Bachir, N ^a   Scallan, E ^a   O'Leary, M ^a   Hoey, J ^a   Doyle, A ^a   Delany, V ^a   Sayers, G ^a  

^a DR STEEVENS HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 20744446341     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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