Infant feeding practices in Barbados predict later growth

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1328-1335

  Galler, Janina R ^a   Ramsey, Frank C ^b   Harrison, Robert H ^a   Brooks, Rechele ^a   Weiskopf Bock, Sally ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rus in Urbe Clinic   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Breast feeding; Infants; Length; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031858855     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.8.1328     Document Type: Article

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