Knowledge and use of folic acid in Croatian pregnant women - A need for health care education initiative

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-20

  Gjergja, Romana ^a   Stipoljev, Feodora ^b   Hafner, Tomislav ^b   Tezak, Nenad ^c   Luzar Stiffler, Vesna ^d  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b Croatian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Croatia)

^c KONCAR Electrical Engineering Institute   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Folic acid fortification; Folic acid supplementation; Neural tube defects; Pregnancy; Pregnancy planning

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY;

CROATIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 30044452063     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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