Evaluation of weaning diets in peri rban Kumasi, Ghana

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 142-147

  Kwaku, E A ^a,b   Omwega, A M ^b   Muroki, N M ^b   Mwadime, R K N ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD NUTRITION; DIET; INFANT FEEDING; NUTRITION EDUCATION; WEANING FOODS;

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN HEALTH; WEANING;

GHANA, KUMASI;

CHAMAESYCE ATROCOCCA;

EID: 0031837577     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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