Folate knowledge, intake from fortified grain products, and periconceptional supplementation patterns of a sample of low-income pregnant women according to the Health Belief Model

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Kloeblen, Amy S ^a  

^a GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GRAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

EID: 0032907197     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(99)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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