Breast-feeding and feeding practices of infants in a developing country: A national survey in Lebanon

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-319

  Batal, Malek ^a   Boulghourjian, Choghik ^a   Abdallah, Ahmad ^a   Afifi, Rima ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Duration; Feeding; Infants; Initiation; Lebanon; Newborns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEBANON; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; MALE; MOTHERS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WEANING;

EID: 33744942903     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2006860     Document Type: Review

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