Feeding patterns, diarrhoeal illness and linear growth in 0-24-month-old children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 164-169

  Saleemi, M A ^a   Zaman, Shakila ^a   Akhtar, H Z ^a   Jalili, F ^a   Ashraf, R N ^a   Hanson, L A ^b   Mellander, L ^b  

^a KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; TIME;

BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PAKISTAN; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3042594450     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/50.3.164     Document Type: Article

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