Reaching Women and Health Care Providers with Women’s Wellness Messages: The North Carolina Folic Acid Campaign as a Model
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Folic Acid-Related Dietary Preferences and Health Interests of Latino Women Living in North Carolina
Objectives: Women of childbearing age are strongly encouraged to take a daily multivitamin containing folic acid in order to decrease their risk of having a pregnancy affected by a neural tube defect (NTD). While multivitamins offer an effective means for obtaining adequate amounts of folic acid, there are dietary options (e.g., fortified grain products) for obtaining this important vitamin. In...
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عنوان ژورنال: North Carolina Medical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0029-2559,0029-2559
DOI: 10.18043/ncm.70.5.472