Neonatal feeding practices of Anglo American mothers and Asian Indian mothers living in the United States and India

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 315-319

  Kannan, Srimathi ^a   Carruth, Betty Ruth ^b   Skinner, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anglo Americans; Asian Indians; Neonatal feeds; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; COLOSTRUM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; NEWBORN CARE; PUERPERIUM; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12444267724     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1499-4046(06)60401-6     Document Type: Article

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