Peake, JN;
Copp, AJ;
Shawe, J;
(2013)
Knowledge and periconceptional use of folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects in ethnic communities in the United Kingdom: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Birth Defects Research
, 97
(7)
444 - 451.
10.1002/bdra.23154.
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Abstract
It is widely accepted that periconceptional supplementation with folic acid can prevent a significant proportion of neural tube defects (NTDs). The present study evaluated how folic acid knowledge and periconceptional use for NTD prevention varies by ethnicity in the United Kingdom (U.K.).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Knowledge and periconceptional use of folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects in ethnic communities in the United Kingdom: Systematic review and meta-analysis. |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/bdra.23154 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bdra.23154 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Full text made available to UCL Discovery by kind permission of Wiley |
| Keywords: | Ethnicity, Folic acid, Neural tube defects, Periconception, Preconception, Prevention |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1400652 |
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