Preventing neural tube defects with folic acid: Nearly 20 years on, the majority of women remain unprotected

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 581-585

  Lane, I R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal medicine; Folic acid supplements; Neural tube defects; NTDs

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCOME; IRON DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MASS MEDIUM; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MIDWIFE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCOME; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWIFERY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; WALES;

EID: 80053920351     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: 13646893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2011.594917     Document Type: Article

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