Awareness of the benefits of folic acid and prevalence of the use of folic acid supplements to prevent neural tube defects among Thai women

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-57

  Nawapun, Katika ^a   Phupong, Vorapong ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Awareness; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Periconceptional use; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 34249988562     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-006-0305-1     Document Type: Article

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