Folic Acid Supplementation in Younger and Older Nonpregnant Women of Reproductive Age. Findings from the Central Pennsylvania Women's Health Study (CePAWHS)

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-57

  Evans, Laura ^a   Weisman, Carol S ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH FOOD; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SMOKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PENNSYLVANIA; PRECONCEPTION CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749121127     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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