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Patterns of vitamin, mineral and herbal supplement use prior to and during pregnancy
Author(s) -
Maats FH,
Crowther CA
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.0004-8666.2002.00494.x
Subject(s) - pregnancy , medicine , vitamin , traditional medicine , vitamin d and neurology , obstetrics , biology , genetics
ABSTRACT At the antenatal clinic, 211 women were interviewed to assess vitamin, mineral and herbal use pre‐conceptually and in the three trimesters of pregnancy. The majority of women (62%) used both a vitamin or mineral supplement and a herbal preparation during the course of pregnancy. Folate (70%), iron (38%) and multivitamins (27%) were the vitamin and mineral supplements most frequently taken by pregnant women. Ginger (20%) and raspberry leaf (9%) were the most frequently used herbal preparations. Women relied on advice from friends and relatives in deciding to use herbal preparations.