The Maryland WIC 5 a day promotion program pilot study: Rationale, results, and lessons learned

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 343-350

  Havas, Stephen ^a   Damron, Dorthy ^a   Treiman, Katherine ^b   Anliker, Jean ^b   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Hammad, Tarek A ^a   Ballesteros, Michael ^a   Freimuth, Vicki ^b   Feldman, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0031281128     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3182(97)70249-8     Document Type: Article

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