Breast-feeding in sub-Saharan Africa: Outlook for 2000

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-292

  Walker, Alexander R P ^a   Adam, Fatima I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African populations; Breast milk substitutes; Breast feeding benefits; Developed populations; HIV

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0033830838     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s136898000000032x     Document Type: Article

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