Early complementary feeding is associated with low nutritional status of young infants recovering from diarrhoea

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 170-172

  Haider, Rukhsana ^a   Islam, Asma ^a   Kabir, Iqbal ^a   Habte, Demissie ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 0029931178     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.3.170     Document Type: Article

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