Healthy start vitamins -a missed opportunity: Findings of a multimethod study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  McFadden, Alison ^a   Green, Josephine ^b   McLeish, Jenny ^c   McCormick, Felicia ^b   Williams, Victoria ^d   Renfrew, Mary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Freelance   (United Kingdom)

^d Food Matters   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDWIFE; MULTIMETHOD STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CARE; STAFF; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORKSHOP; AVITAMINOSIS; COST; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UTILIZATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AVITAMINOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84920747268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006917     Document Type: Article

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