Misperceptions and misuse of Bear Brand coffee creamer as infant food: National cross sectional survey of consumers and paediatricians in Laos

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7671, 2008, Pages 679-681

  Barennes, Hubert ^a   Andriatahina, Todisoa ^a   Latthaphasavang, Vattanaphone ^a   Anderson, Margot ^b   Srour, Leila M ^b  

^a Institut de la Francophonie pour la Medecine Tropicale   (Laos)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BEVERAGE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; FOOD PACKAGING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAOS; MOTHER; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PACKAGING; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; LAOS; MALE; MILK SUBSTITUTES; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION; PRODUCT PACKAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 52649140108     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a1379     Document Type: Article

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