Impact of education on knowledge and use of folic acid among Saudi Women

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 686-690

  Al Hakeem, Malak M M K ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Education; Folic acid; Knowledge; Practice; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; FISH; FRIEND; FRUIT; GRANDMULTIPARA; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MARRIAGE; MASS MEDIUM; MEAT; MILK; MULTIGRAVIDA; NURSE; PARITY; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 84865182614     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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