Postpartum women in the Honduran health system: Folic acid knowledge, attitudes, and practices

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 340-347

  Millar, Gayle R ^a,b   Flores, Alina L ^c   Umaña, Edgardo ^a   Mayes, Ileana ^a   Rosenthal, Jorge ^c  

^a Project Healthy Children   (Honduras)

^b Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (Honduras)

^c NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Honduras; Neural tube defects; Prenatal nutrition physiology

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; MATERNAL HEALTH; NUTRITION;

CENTRAL AMERICA; HONDURAS;

EID: 38849172995     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1020-49892007001000007     Document Type: Article

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