Breast feeding practices and beliefs about weaning among mothers of infants aged 0-12 months

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 54-60

  Kulsoom, Ume ^a   Saeed, Arifa ^a  

^a Institute of Public Health   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BABY FOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WEANING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PAKISTAN; WEANING;

EID: 0031068737     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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