Influences on maternal and child nutrition in the highlands of the northern Lao PDR

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 537-545

  Holmes, Wendy ^a   Hoy, Damian ^a   Lockley, Anne ^b   Thammavongxay, Khampho ^c   Bounnaphol, Somphao ^c   Xeuatvongsa, Anonh ^c   Toole, Michael ^a  

^a MACFARLANE BURNET INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (Australia)

^b Developing Health Communities Project ^*  (Australia)

^c Developing Health Communities Project   (Laos)

Author keywords

Child; Lao PDR; Laos; Mother; Nutrition; Qualitative study

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LAOS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LAOS; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MICRONUTRIENTS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34648821997     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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