The infant feeding practices of mothers in the Maldives

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 502-507

  Abdulraheem, R ^a   Binns, C W ^b  

^a Maldives College of Higher Education   (Maldives)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Duration; Initiation; Maldives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MALDIVES; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MOTHERS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

HURA;

EID: 34247609703     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007223882     Document Type: Article

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