Lactational amenorrhea is associated with child age at the time of introduction of complementary food: A prospective cohort study in rural Senegal, West Africa

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 154-161

  Simondon, Kirsten B ^a   Delaunay, Valérie ^a   Diallo, Aldiouma ^a,b   Elguero, Eric ^a   Simondon, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Pop and Health Research in Niakhar   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Amenorrhea; Birth spacing; Breastfeeding; Infant feeding; Maternal malnutrition; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUATION; SENEGAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVARY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037830969     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/78.1.154     Document Type: Article

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