Knowledge and use of folic acid for prevention of birth defects amongst Honduran women

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 600-606

  Wu, D Ying ^a   Brat, Gabriel ^b   Milla, Gayle ^c   Kim, Jae ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Project Healthy Children   (Honduras)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Women's health in Honduras

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HONDURAS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 34248575020     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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