Maternal beliefs, feeding practices and nutritional status in Afro-Colombian infants;Creencias maternas, prácticas de alimentación y estado nutricional en niños Afro-Colombianos

Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-63

  Alvarado, Beatriz Eugenia ^a   Tabares, Rosa Elizabeth ^a   Delisle, Helene ^a   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Afro Colombian; Feeding practices; Infants; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COLOMBIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NEGRO; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; WEANING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COLOMBIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WEANING;

EID: 24944498146     PISSN: 00040622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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