Predictors of multivitamin use during pregnancy in Brazil

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-87

  Wehby, George L ^a   Castilla, Eduardo E ^b   Lopez Camelo, Jorge S ^c   Murray, Jeffrey C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c ECLAMC   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Multivitamins; Prenatal health; Reproductive health; South America

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL INDICATOR; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 63649126970     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-8103-8     Document Type: Article

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