Weaning, Complementary Feeding, and Maternal Decision Making in a Rural East African Pastoral Population

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-244

  Sellen, Daniel W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Attitudes; Breastfeeding; Food beliefs; Herding; Infant development; Knowledge; Practice; Rainfall; Seasonal food supply; Seasonality; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CATERING SERVICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; TANZANIA; WEANING;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TANZANIA; WEANING;

EID: 0035437013     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089033440101700307     Document Type: Article

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