Factors associated with a positive intake of folic acid in the periconceptional period among Korean women

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 468-471

  Kim, Min Hyoung ^a   Han, Jung Yeol ^a   Cho, Yeon Jin ^a   Ahn, Hyun Kyong ^a   Kim, Joo Oh ^a   Ryu, Hyun Mee ^a   Kim, Moon Young ^a   Yang, Jae Hyug ^a   Nava Ocampo, Alejandro A ^b  

^a Cheil Hospital   (South Korea)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Periconceptional care

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; KOREA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GRAVIDITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65449158965     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002115     Document Type: Article

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