Feeding of infants and young children in tsunami affected villages in Pondicherry

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 724-727

  Adhisivam, B ^a   Srinivasan, S ^a   Soudarssanane, M B ^a   Deepak Amalnath, S ^a   Nirmal Kumar, A ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Emergencies; Infant feeding; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; RISK FACTOR; TSUNAMI;

AGE FACTORS; ALTRUISM; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748363103     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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