Determinants of folic acid supplement use outside national recommendations for pregnant women: Results from the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 2183-2192

  Teixeira, Juliana A ^a,b   Castro, Teresa G ^b   Wall, Clare R ^b   Marchioni, Dirce Maria ^a   Berry, Sarah ^b   Morton, Susan M B ^b   Grant, Cameron C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c STARSHIP CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Folic acid supplementation; Growing Up in New Zealand; Health behaviour; Pregnancy; Public health

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 85046102902     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018000836     Document Type: Article

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