Preconception care by family physicians and general practitioners in Japan

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kitamura, Kazuya ^a,b   Fetters, Michael D ^b   Ban, Nobutaro ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SMOKING CESSATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECONCEPTION CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 23944457371     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-31     Document Type: Review

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