Social networks and infant feeding in Oaxaca, Mexico

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-135

  Wutich, Amber ^a   Mccarty, Christopher ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary feeding; Infant feeding; Mexico; Personal network; Social network; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERVIEW; MEAT; MEXICO; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OAT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT FOOD; MALE; MEXICO; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 40949160680     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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