Evaluation of calcium and folic acid supplementation in prenatal care in São Paulo;Avaliação da suplementação pré-natal de cálcio e ácido fólico na gravidez em São Paulo

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 324-327

  da Silva, Camila Atallah Pontes ^a   da Silva, Carolina Atallah Pontes ^a,b   Atallah, Álvaro Nagib ^a,c   Sass, Nelson ^a,c   Mendes, Eliane Terezinha Rocha ^a   Peixoto, Sérgio ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium; Dietary supplements; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DISEASE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE;

EID: 79951649850     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802010000600003     Document Type: Article

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