Periconceptional folic acid use among women giving birth at Queen Mary Maternity Hospital in Dunedin

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 534-537

  Dobson, Isla ^a   Devenish, Celia ^a   Skeaff, C Murray ^a   Green, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; Folic acid; Neural tube defect; Periconceptional; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MATERNITY WARD; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEW ZEALAND; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLANNING; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33751073653     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00655.x     Document Type: Article

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