Evaluation of the effect of a breastfeeding message integrated into a larger communication project

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 351-357

  Greiner, Ted ^b   Mitra, S N ^a  

^a Mitra and Associates   (Bangladesh)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUCKLING;

EID: 0033384857     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/45.6.351     Document Type: Article

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