Child growth during weaning depends on whether mother is pregnant again

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 104-109

  Bøhler, Erik ^a,b   Bergström, Staffan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BHUTAN; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEANING;

EID: 0029863417     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.2.104     Document Type: Article

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