Breast-feeding initiation and determinants of exclusive breast-feeding - A questionnaire survey in an urban population of western Nepal

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 192-197

  Chandrashekhar, T S ^a   Joshi, H S ^a   Binu, V S ^a   Shankar, P R ^a   Rana, M S ^a   Ramachandran, U ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Complementary food; Exclusive breast feeding; Infant nutrition; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; COLOSTRUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LACTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; URBAN POPULATION; BOTTLE FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WEANING;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COLOSTRUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; WEANING;

EID: 33947518124     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007248475     Document Type: Article

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