Complementary feeding patterns in a developing country: A cross-sectional study across Lebanon

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-186

  Batal, M ^a,b   Boulghourjian, C ^b   Akik, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CEREAL; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LEBANON; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEANING; AGE; BABY FOOD; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; INFANT; MOTHER; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; LEBANON; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITION POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WEANING; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 76649104336     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.2.180     Document Type: Article

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