Compliance with the peri-conceptional folic acid supplementation guidelines
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 17 (3) , 253-254
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01443619750113177
Abstract
Summary This audit of peri-conceptional folic acid use in early pregnancy demonstrates inadequacies in both awareness of and compliance with the Department of Health guidelines. If the benefits of folic acid are to be fulfilled then additional efforts to improve public awareness are required.Keywords
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