A positive association between extended breast-feeding and nutritional status in rural Hubei Province, People's Republic of China

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 862-867

  Taren, Douglas ^a   Chen, Jing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anthropometric measurements; Breast feeding; Growth

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; FOOD; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ASIA; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN ASIA; HEALTH; INFANT NUTRITION; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SUMMARY REPORT; WEANING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027366965     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/58.6.862     Document Type: Article

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