Preventing Low Birth Weight: Does WIC Work? A Review of Evaluations of the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 678, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 306-315

  ABRAMS, BARBARA ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD NUTRITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE;

EID: 0027175906     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1993.tb26133.x     Document Type: Article

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