Ten years after the Dutch public health campaign on folic acid: The continuing challenge

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 539-543

  De Walle, Hermien E K ^a   De Jong Van Den Berg, Lolkje T W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Folic acid use; Information; Oral contraceptives; Pregnancy; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPARA; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 41049092267     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00228-007-0446-6     Document Type: Article

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