Maternal education and complementary feeding

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 563-568

  Liaqat, Perveen ^a   Rizvi, Mazhar Abbas ^a   Qayyum, Abdul ^a   Ahmed, Hajra ^a   Ishtiaq, Nadia ^a  

^a ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding practices; Maternal education; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PAKISTAN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33845765232     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2006.563.568     Document Type: Article

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