Few danish pregnant women follow guidelines on periconceptional use of folic acid

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Friberg, Anne Katrine Holflod ^a   Jørgensen, Finn Stener ^a  

^a Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; DANISH CITIZEN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIMIPARA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DENMARK; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PARITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DENMARK; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION POLICY; PARITY; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930730630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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