Awareness of periconceptional folic acid supplementation among Nepalese women of childbearing age: A cross-sectional study

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 511-513

  Paudel, P ^a   Wing, K ^b   Silpakar, S K ^c  

^a Kathmandu Model Hospital   (Nepal)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Awareness; Folic acid; Nepal; Neural tube defects; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; NEPAL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPAL; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84868302083     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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