The relationship between pregnancy intention and preconception health behaviors

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 85-88

  Chuang, Cynthia H ^a   Hillemeier, Marianne M ^a,b   Dyer, Anne Marie ^a   Weisman, Carol S ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Folic acid; Health behaviors; Preconception; Pregnancy; Smoking

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREPREGNANCY CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960593335     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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