College women's reported behaviors and beliefs regarding fish and folic acid and their roles in birth defects

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 793-806

  Burak, Lydia J ^a   Costello, Pamela ^b  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Needham High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ABNORMALITIES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOLIC ACID; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; NUTRITION POLICY; PRECONCEPTION CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN;

EID: 33750403034     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600880343     Document Type: Article

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