Computerized Counseling for Folate Knowledge and Use. A Randomized Controlled Trial

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 568-571

  Schwarz, Eleanor Bimla ^a   Sobota, Mindy ^b   Gonzales, Ralph ^c   Gerbert, Barbara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK; SAN FRANCISCO; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 55349145274     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.06.034     Document Type: Article

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