The use of folic acid and other vitamins before and during pregnancy in a group of women in Melbourne, Australia

Midwifery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-146

  Forster, Della A ^a,b   Wills, Gemma ^c   Denning, Angela ^c   Bolger, Melissa ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Pregnancy; Survey; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749085967     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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