Infant feeding practices in Papua New Guinea

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-215

  Friesen, H ^a   Vince, J ^a   Boas, P ^a   Danaya, R ^b   Mokela, D ^b   Ogle, G ^c   Asuo, P ^b   Kemiki, A ^b   Lagani, W ^b   Rongap, T ^b   Varughese, M ^b   Saweri, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b Paediatric Society of Papua New Guinea   (Papua New Guinea)

^c HOPE   (Papua New Guinea)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFANT FEEDING;

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COLOSTRUM; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WEANING;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 7344228421     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1998.11747949     Document Type: Article

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