Breastfeeding practices and associated factors among children under 24 months of age in Timor-Leste

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-397

  Senarath, U ^a,b   Dibley, M J ^b   Agho, K E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLOSTRUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WEANING;

EID: 33847617408     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602536     Document Type: Article

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