Folic acid awareness and intake among women in areas with high prevalence of neural tube defects in China: A cross-sectional study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1142-1147

  Zeng, Ziqian ^a   Yuan, Ping ^a   Wang, Yanping ^a   Ma, Xi ^b   Zhu, Jun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanxi Provincial Maternal and Child Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Awareness; Folic acid; Intake; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960140993     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011000097     Document Type: Article

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