Periconceptional folic acid use: Still room to improve

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-101

  Zetstra van der Woude, Priscilla A ^a   de Walle, Hermien E K ^b   de Jong van den Berg, Lolkje T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dietary supplementation; Folic acid; Health behavior; Pregnancy; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BOOK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDWIFE; NETHERLANDS; PAPER; PHARMACIST; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; TELEVISION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856793256     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.22882     Document Type: Article

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