Beliefs and practices in infant feeding among the Wagogo of Chigongwe (Dodoma Rural District), Tanzania I. Breastfeeding

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-207

  Mabilia, Mara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Breastfeeding; Child feeding Tanzania; Food beliefs; Infants; Maternal attitudes

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CULTURAL BELIEFS; INFANT FEEDING; WAGOGO PEOPLE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; BELIEFS; BIOLOGY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; JUVENILE; LACTATION; MATERNAL PHYSIOLOGY; MOTHER; NUTRITION; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOLOGY; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BELIEFS; BIOLOGY; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; HEALTH; HUMAN MILK; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION; MATERNAL PHYSIOLOGY; MOTHERS; NUTRITION; PARENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TANZANIA; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, EASTERN; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BIOLOGY; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; HEALTH; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PARENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TANZANIA;

TANZANIA, DODOMA REGION;

EID: 0030434944     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.1996.9991489     Document Type: Article

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