Prevalence and predictors of periconceptional folic acid uptake-prospective cohort study in an Irish urban obstetric population

Human Reproduction

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 535-543

  McGuire, M ^a,b   Cleary, B ^a,c,d   Sahm, L ^b   Murphy, D J ^a,c  

^a Pathology Research Laboratory   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Predictors

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 74549185103     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep398     Document Type: Article

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