Periconceptional folic acid supplementation in a nationally representative sample of mothers

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  McNally, S ^a   Bourke, A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; SINGLE PARENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; AGE; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; IRELAND; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865682620     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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