A case-control study of the effects of pregnancy planning on neural tube defects and its primary preventive measures

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 737-742

  Gong, Rui ^a   Wang, Zhi Ping ^a   Gao, Li Jie ^a   Lu, Qing Bin ^a   Sun, Xi Hong ^a   Zhao, Zhong Tang ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Neural tube defects; Pregnancy planning; Preventive measures; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CONTRACEPTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PRENATAL CARE; VITAMINS;

EID: 77956909660     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20691     Document Type: Article

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