But I've already had a healthy baby: Folic acid formative research with Latina mothers

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1257-1269

  Prue, Christine E ^a   Flores, Alina L ^a   Panissidi, Paula ^b   Lira, Andrea ^b  

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

^b Media Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BRAIN DISEASE; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SPINE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL MARKETING; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 52749083108     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0980     Document Type: Article

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