Barriers to the use of WIC services

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 736-743

  Woelfel, Mary Lou ^a   Abusabha, Rayane ^b   Pruzek, Robert ^c   Stratton, Howard ^c   Chen, Shu Guang ^a   Edmunds, Lynn S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Russell Sage College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; NUTRITION; PARENT; PREDICTION; REVIEW; TRAVEL;

EID: 2342537134     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jada.2004.02.028     Document Type: Article

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