Assessment of Turkish women's knowledge concerning folic acid and prevention of birth defects

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 851-855

  Unusan, Nurhan ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Knowledge; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 6344278463     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2004615     Document Type: Article

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