Folic Acid and the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: A Survey of Awareness Among Latina Women of Childbearing Age Residing in Southeast Michigan

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 60-68

  Kannan, Srimathi ^a   Menotti, Elaine ^b   Scherer, Holly K ^a   Dickinson, Jennifer ^a   Larson, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

folic acid; health promotion; Latina Hispanic women; neural tube defects; point of purchase nutrition

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 33947523172     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839905278934     Document Type: Article

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