Infant and young child feeding indicators across nine East and Southeast Asian countries: An analysis of National Survey Data 2000-2005

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1296-1303

  Dibley, Michael J ^a   Senarath, Upul ^b   Agho, Kingsley E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bottle feeding; Breast feeding; East and Southeast Asia; Exclusive breast feeding; Infant and young child feeding; Timely initiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAR EAST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; TIME;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAR EAST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954890266     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010000844     Document Type: Conference Paper

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