Maternal health behaviours during pregnancy in an Irish obstetric population and their associations with socio-demographic and infant characteristics

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 470-479

  Tarrant, R C ^a   Younger, K M ^b   Sheridan Pereira, M ^c   Kearney, J M ^b  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^c Molecular Pathology Laboratory   (Ireland)

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; cigarette smoking; folic acid; maternal health; pregnancy; prenatal care

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; IRELAND; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79953783176     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.16     Document Type: Article

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