Infant feeding practices and nutritional status of children in north western Nigeria

Asian Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-22

  Matthew, Anigo Kola ^a   Amodu, Ameh Danladi ^a   Sani, Ibrahim ^a   Solomon, S Danbauchi ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Feeding practices; Nigeria; North west; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349092302     PISSN: 19921470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajcn.2009.12.22     Document Type: Article

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