Influence of 1991-1995 war on breast-feeding in Croatia: Questionnaire study

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 186-190

  Zakanj, Zora ^a   Armano, Giovana ^b   Grgurić, Josip ^a   Herceg Čavrak, Vesna ^a  

^a Alergologiju I Reumatologiju S Klini kom Imunologijom   (Croatia)

^b Private Pediatric Care Office   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Breast feeding, child nutrition; Croatia; Food supply; Health education; Humanitarianism; Infant nutrition; Milk, human; War

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME; WAR;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WAR;

EID: 0034049004     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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