Preconceptional folic acid supplement use in Lebanon

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 687-692

  Tamim, H ^a   Harrison, G ^b   Atoui, M ^c   Mumtaz, G ^c   El Kak, F ^c   Seoud, M ^c   Yunis, K ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Lebanon; Preconception

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEBANON; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650369871     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000800298X     Document Type: Article

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