Infant feeding practices during the first six months of life in a rural area in Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-13

  Agnarsson, I ^a   Mpello, A ^b   Gunnlaugsson, G ^c   Hofvander, Y ^d   Greiner, T ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Nkinga Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c International Maternal and Child Health ^*  (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; NEWBORN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035632670     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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