Preconceptional folic acid-containing supplement use in the national birth defects prevention study

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 472-482

  Khodr, Zeina G ^a   Lupo, Philip J ^a   Agopian, A J ^a   Canfield, Mark A ^b   Case, Amy P ^b   Carmichael, Suzan L ^c   Mitchell, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Preconception; Pregnancy; Reproductive age women

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; INCOME; MATERNAL CARE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903214827     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23238     Document Type: Article

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