Lactation, nutrition, and postpartum amenorrhea in lowland Papua New Guinea

Human Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 277-292

  Tracer, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING, BEHAVIORAL METHODS; FECUNDITY--DETERMINANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION--WOMEN; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION DISORDER; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MELANESIA; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTPARTUM AMENORRHEA; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDIES; TIME;

BIOLOGY; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING, BEHAVIORAL METHODS; FECUNDITY--DETERMINANTS; HEALTH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION--WOMEN; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION, PROLONGED; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MELANESIA; NUTRITION; OCEANIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POSTPARTUM AMENORRHEA; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

AMENORRHEA; BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; NEW GUINEA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030115424     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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