Impact on social inequalities of population strategies of prevention for folate intake in women of childbearing age

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1218-1224

  Sumar, Nureen ^a   McLaren, Lindsay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79958826425     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2010.300018     Document Type: Review

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