Pica practice among pregnant women in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana

International Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 282-286

  Mensah, Faustina O ^a   Twumasi, Peter ^a,b   Amenawonyo, Xorse K ^a   Larbie, Christopher ^a   Jnr, Asomaning K Baffo ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Geophagia; Ghana; Kumasi; Pagophagia; Pica; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMYLOPHAGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOPHAGIA; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAGOPHAGIA; PICA; PLUMBOPHAGIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; TRICHOPHAGIA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78649633395     PISSN: 18763413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.inhe.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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