Influence of infant-feeding practices on nutritional status of under-five children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 417-421

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Goel, N K ^a   Mittal, Poonam C ^b   Misra, Purnima ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Colostrum feeding; Complementary feeding (CF); Exclusive breastfeeding; Odds ratio (OR); Two stage Random sampling technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; COLOSTRUM; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION; WEANING;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOSTRUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WEANING;

EID: 33746691911     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02758565     Document Type: Article

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