Changes in folic acid supplementation behaviour among women of reproductive age after the implementation of a massive supplementation programme in China

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 582-588

  Liu, Jufen ^a   Jin, Lei ^a   Meng, Qinqin ^a   Gao, Lili ^a   Zhang, Le ^a   Li, Zhiwen ^a   Ren, Aiguo ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Folic acid; Neural tube defects; Supplementation

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CHINA; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 84922635495     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014000950     Document Type: Article

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