Young child feeding practices and child nutritional status in rural Ghana

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 326-332

  Nti, Christina A ^a   Lartey, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Child feeding; Complementary foods; Nutritional quality; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649126620     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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