Preconceptional and prenatal predictors of folic acid intake in Hungarian pregnant women

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-52

  Paulik, Edit ^a   Császár, Judit ^a   Kozinszky, Zoltán ^b,c   Nagymajtényi, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Model; Pregnancy; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 67649814722     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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