## Abstract ## BACKGROUND We conducted a study of a group of primary physicians in Puerto Rico to evaluate their knowledge about folic acid supplementation to prevent neural tube defects. ## METHOD The study design was transverse‐correlational. A total of 66 primary physicians in two hospitals (
Chilean primary health workers' knowledge about folic acid supplementation for the prevention of neural tube defects
✍ Scribed by Rosa Pardo; Guillermo Lay-Son; Waldo Aranda; Pedro Recabal; Maria Navarrete; Tamara Tenhamm; Cristian Rebolledo; Martin Dib; María Muñoz; Pilar Muñoz; Pablo Espina; Natalia Ojeda; Jorge Parra
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 140A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4825
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