What has happened with neural tube defects and women's understanding of folate in Victoria since 1998?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 570-574

  du Plessis, Louise ^a   Hunt, Rod W ^a   Fletcher, Ashley S ^b   Riley, Merilyn M ^b   Halliday, Jane L ^c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Victorian Department of Human Services   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANDATORY PROGRAM; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 57149120794     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02184.x     Document Type: Article

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