Early breastfeeding cessation in rural Senegal: Causes, modes, and consequences

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-144

  Mané, N Binta ^a   Simondon, Kirsten B ^a   Diallo, Aldiouma ^b   Marra, Adama M ^b   Simondon, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL;

BIRTH INTERVALS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL; WEANING;

EID: 29944444577     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.048553     Document Type: Article

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