Breast-feeding Performance Index: A composite index to describe overall breast-feeding performance among infants under 6 months of age

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 996-1004

  Senarath, Upul ^a,b   Dibley, Michael J ^c,e   Agho, Kingsley E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Infant feeding; Infant nutritional status; Sociodemographic factors; Timor Leste

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH; BONE DENSITY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING PERFORMANCE INDEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SUCKLING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34548380045     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007441428     Document Type: Article

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