Breastfeeding practices in villages of Central Karnataka

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 477-479

  Banapurmath, C R ^a,b   Nagaraj, M C ^a   Banapurmath, Shobha ^a   Kesaree, Nirmala ^a  

^a J J M MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding practices; Exclusive breastfeeding; Timely complementary feeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHERN ASIA; STATISTICS; SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING; TIME; WEANING;

ASIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; HEALTH; INDIA; INFANT NUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITION; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTHERN ASIA; SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0030155079     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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