Breast-feeding in the Nordic countries: Insufficient surveillance and co-ordination

Scandinavian Journal of Nutrition/Naringsforskning

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 153-157

  Yngve, Agneta ^a,b   Sjöström, Michael ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Unit for Preventive Nutrition   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Infant feeding; Monitoring; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MONITORING; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0343986320     PISSN: 11026480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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