Promotion of folate for the prevention of neural tube defects: Who benefits?

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 435-444

  Bower, Carol ^a,b   Miller, Margaret ^a   Payne, Jan ^a   Serna, Peta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Birth Defects Registry   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AWARENESS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 28044464718     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2005.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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