Dietary management during pregnancy, lactation and common childhood illnesses in rural Bangladesh

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 299-306

  Piechulek, Helga ^a   Aldana, Jorge Mendoza ^a   Engelsmann, Barbara ^a   Hasan, Md Nazmul ^b  

^a Financial Systems Development Section   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIARRHEA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION; MEASLES; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; LACTATION; MEASLES; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033140048     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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