Assessment of infant feeding practices at a tertiary care hospital

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1010-1015

  Memon, Shazia ^a   Shaikh, Salma ^a   Kousar, Tasneem ^a   Memon, Yasmeen ^a   Rubina, ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78649689929     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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