The Practice of Prelacteal Feeding to Newborns Among Hindu and Muslim Families

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 78-81

  McKenna, Kathleen M ^a   Shankar, Rani T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BOTULISM; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COLOSTRUM; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL VALUE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONEY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 57849092636     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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