Ability of the Higgins Nutrition Intervention Program to improve adolescent pregnancy outcome

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 871-873

  Dubois, Sheila ^a,c   Coulombe, Carole ^b,c   Pencharz, Paul ^d,e   Pinsonneault, Odette ^f   Duquette, Marie Paule ^g  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b 986 de l'Habitat ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^g Montreal Diet Dispensary   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030875122     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(97)00212-5     Document Type: Article

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