Special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children and infant feeding practices

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 281-289

  Jacknowitz, Alison ^a   Novillo, Daniel ^b   Tiehen, Laura ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US Government Accountability Office   (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Children; Demographic characteristics; Guidelines; Infant feeding; Infants; Special; Supplemental nutrition program for women; WIC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MILK; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK; MOTHERS;

EID: 33947105979     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1486     Document Type: Article

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