Protection of breastfeeding in Papua New Guinea

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-274

  Friesen, Hanny ^a   Vince, John ^b   Boas, Peniel ^b   Danaya, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b Department of Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; MOTHERS EDUCATION; NUTRITION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL CARE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PATIENT RIGHT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LENGTH OF LIFE; MEASUREMENT; MELANESIA; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; OCEANIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLICY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL POLICY; SURVIVORSHIP; YOUTH;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0032974854     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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