Current breastfeeding knowledge, attitude, and practices of mothers in five rural communities in the Savannah region of Nigeria

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 323-326

  Okolo, S N ^a,d   Adewunmi, Y B ^b   Okonji, M C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b New Cres Hosp Ltd and Matern Home   (Nigeria)

^c Fed Sch of Med Lab Sciences   (Nigeria)

^d NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; COLOSTRUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTHER; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TIME;

EID: 0033377608     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.6.323     Document Type: Article

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