Infant feeding practices of mothers in an urban area in Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 42-47

  Subba, Sonu H ^a   Chandrashekhar, T S ^a   Binu, V S ^a   Joshi, H S ^a   Rana, M S ^a   Dixit, S B ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant feeding; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEPAL; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 41949084504     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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