Reasons for Prolonged Bottle-Feeding and Iron Deficiency Among Mexican-American Toddlers: An Ethnographic Study

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-25

  Brotanek, Jane M ^a   Schroer, Damon ^a   Valentyn, Lee ^a   Tomany Korman, Sandy ^a   Flores, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

disparities; early childhood; Hispanic Americans; iron deficiency; nutrition; racial ethnic minorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD; EATING HABIT; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; TODDLER;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MEXICAN AMERICANS;

EID: 63649096659     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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