Inadequate compliance with periconceptional folic acid supplementation in South Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 528-533

  Conlin, Melissa L ^a   Maclennan, Alastair H ^a   Broadbent, Jessica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Fortification; Neural tube defects; Spina bifida; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

BLACKMORES FOLATE; BLACKMORES PREGNANCY AND BREASTFEEDING FORMULA; BLACKMORES WOMEN'S HEALTH; BLACKMORES WOMEN'S VITALITY MULTIVITAMIN; CENOVIS FOLIC ACID; CENOVIS WOMEN'S MULTIVITAMIN; CENTRUM; ELEVIT; FGF; FOLIC ACID; HERB VALLEY PREGNAVITE; HERRON PREGNANCY CONCEPTION AND BREASTFEEDING FORMULA; MEGAFOL 0.5; MEGAFOL 5; MULTIVITAMIN; NATURAL NUTRITION FOLATE; NATURE'S OWN FOLIC ACID; NATURE'S OWN MULTIVITAMIN; PLURAVIT PREGNANCY AND POSTNATAL; PREGNAFORT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION POLICY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33751120664     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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