Effect of the Washington Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) on pregnancy outcomes

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 611-621

  El Bastawissi, Amira Y ^a   Peters, Riley ^b   Sasseen, Kristin ^a   Bell, Tom ^b   Manolopoulos, Rebecca ^a  

^a Washington State Department of Health   (United States)

^b DOH Office of Maternal and Child Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal death; Low birth weight; Preterm delivery; Washington WIC

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEATH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX INCOMPETENCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 35848962709     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-007-0212-5     Document Type: Article

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