Maternal knowledge, attitude and practice regarding folic acid intake during the periconceptional period
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Maternal knowledge, attitude and practice regarding folic acid intake during the periconceptional period.
OBJECTIVE To study the knowledge, attitude and practice of pregnant women regarding periconceptional folic acid (FA) intake. DESIGN Questionnaire-based prospective study. SETTING Antenatal clinic of a District General Hospital. SUBJECTS Three-hundred pregnant women in an antenatal clinic. RESULTS Nearly all (298/300) had heard of FA. A majority (275/300, 91%) knew that FA could prevent ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1079/phn2001123