Using peer educators in nutrition intervention research: Lessons learned from the Maryland WIC 5 a day promotion program

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 347-354

  Anliker, Jean ^a,c   Damron, Dorothy ^a   Ballesteros, Michael ^a   Feldman, Robert ^b   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Havas, Stephen ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0033228816     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3182(99)70488-7     Document Type: Article

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