Pre-conceptional Folic Acid Supplement Use According to Maternal Country of Birth

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 222-226

  Han, Alice ^a   Rotermann, Michelle ^b   Fuller Thomson, Esme ^a   Ray, Joel G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Country of birth; Ethnicity; Folate; Folic acid; Immigrants; Maternity experiences survey (MES); Pre conceptional; Pregnancy; Race; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARIBBEAN; CHINA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 67449105319     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34120-2     Document Type: Article

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