Assessment of nutrition education needs related to increasing dietary calcium intake in low-income vietnamese mothers using focus group discussions

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-163

  Reed, Debra B ^a,d   Meeks, Paula McCarron ^b   Nguyen, Lan ^e   Cross, Evelina W ^c   Garrison, M E Betsy ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WOMAN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

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EID: 0032065669     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3182(98)70306-1     Document Type: Article

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