Mothers prolong breastfeeding of undernourished children in rural Senegal

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 490-494

  Simondon, Kirsten B ^a   Simondon, François ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Childhood malnutrition; Developing countries; Reverse causality

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION; WEANING;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SENEGAL; WEANING;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; BODY WEIGHT--DETERMINANTS; BREAST FEEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SENEGAL; STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AFRICA; YOUTH;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; WEANING;

SENEGAL;

EID: 0031869739     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.490     Document Type: Article

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