Australian survey on community knowledge and attitudes regarding the fortification of food with folic acid

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 664-670

  Molster, Caron ^a   Bower, Carol ^b,c   O'Leary, Peter ^a,d,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Community; Folate; Folic acid; Fortification; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; BREAD; CEREAL; COMMUNITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BREAD; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34848821978     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20390     Document Type: Article

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