Knowledge and periconceptional use of folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects in ethnic communities in the United Kingdom: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 444-451

  Peake, Jordana N ^a   Copp, Andrew J ^b   Shawe, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Periconception; Preconception; Prevention

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

AFRICA; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONCEPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBASE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ETHNICITY; FOLIC ACID; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PERICONCEPTION; PRECONCEPTION; PREVENTION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT MEDICATION KNOWLEDGE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84880839889     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23154     Document Type: Review

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