Contemporary trends in infant feeding research

Annual Review of Anthropology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2002, Pages 257-278

  Van Esterik, Penny ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Breastfeeding; Complementary feeding; Maternal and child health; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; MATERNAL HEALTH; WEANING; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 2742614577     PISSN: 00846570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.31.040402.085428     Document Type: Article

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