Maternal knowledge, attitude and practice on folic acid intake among Arabian Qatari women

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-25

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a   Al Maadid, Mohammed G A ^b   Al Bast, Daoud A E ^b   Al Marri, Saleh ^c  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b Hamad Medical Corporation ^*  (Qatar)

^c HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Periconceptional; PHC; Pregnancy; Trimester; Women's hospital, Qatar

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QATAR;

ADULT; ARABS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; QATAR;

EID: 30044448510     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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