Pregnancy-related food habits among women of rural Sikkim, India

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2317-2322

  Mukhopadhyay, Susmita ^a   Sarkar, Arpita ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Cultural Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Antepartum; Food taboo; Postpartum; Socio economic factors; Special food

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 74949111315     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005576     Document Type: Article

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