No need for water supplementation for exclusively breast-fed infants under hot and arid conditions

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 602-604

  Almroth, Stina ^a   Bidinger, Patricia D ^a  

^a Institute for Rural Health Studies   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; INFANT; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; BREAST FEEDING--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FLUID BALANCE; HEALTH; HOMEOSTASIS; INDIA; INFANT NUTRITION; LABORATORY EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; NATURAL RESOURCES; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHERN ASIA; WATER SUPPLY--COMPLICATIONS;

BREAST FEEDING; CLIMATE; DRINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDIA; INFANT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URINE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0025111459     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(90)90056-K     Document Type: Article

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