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02 June 2017 02 Jun 2017

Volume 25 | Issue 6

ISSN (Print): 0969-4900

ISSN (Online): 2052-4307

Knowledge and uptake of folic acid among pregnant women attending a secondary health facility in Nigeria

Folate is an essential micronutrient that cannot be biosynthesised by human body and must be obtained either from diet or from supplements; it is required for fetal body metabolism, growth, and development in pregnant women (Naithani et al, 2016)

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