Impact of a pharmacist-directed educational program on the long-term knowledge and use of folic acid among college women: A 12-month follow-up study;Impacto de un programa educativo dirigido por farmacéutico sobre el conocimiento a largo plazo y uso del acido fólico entre universitarias: Estudio de seguimiento de 12 meses

Pharmacy Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-109

  Murphy, Bethany L ^a,b   Dipietro, Natalie A ^b  

^a UNION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO NORTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Folic Acid; Health Knowledge; Health promotion; Neural Tube Defects; Practice; United States

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHARMACIST; PILOT STUDY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SPINE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84862659691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18863655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1886-36552012000200007     Document Type: Article

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