Surveillance of infant feeding practices in Riyadh City

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-140

  Al Jassir, Mohammed Saleh ^a,b   El Bashir, Bushra Mohamed ^a   Moizuddin, Syed Khaja ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 1842861844     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2004.136     Document Type: Article

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