Feeding practice among younger Tibetan children living at high altitudes

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1022-1029

  Dang, Shaonong ^a,b   Yan, H ^a   Yamamoto, S ^b   Wang, X ^a   Zeng, L ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Child; Complementary feeding; Feeding practice; Tibet

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEAL; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TIBET; WEANING;

PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 31044441897     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602207     Document Type: Article

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