Health Behaviors, Nutritional Status, and Anthropometric Parameters of Roma and Non-Roma Mothers and Their Infants in the Czech Republic

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-64

  Rambousková, Jolana ^a   Dlouhý, Pavel ^a   Křížová, Eva ^a   Procházka, Bohumír ^a   Hrnčířová, Dana ^a   Anděl, Michal ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

tocopherol; carotene; folate; nutritional status; pregnancy; retinol; Roma women

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GIPSY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SMOKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GYPSIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

EID: 58249091444     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2008.04.360     Document Type: Article

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