Breast-feeding in a complex emergency: Four linked cross-sectional studies during the Bosnian conflict

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2097-2104

  Andersson, Neil ^a   Paredes Sols, Sergio ^a   Legorreta Soberanis, José ^a   Cockcroft, Anne ^b   Sherr, Lorraine ^c  

^a Centro de Investigacin de Enfermedades Tropicales   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Complex emergencies; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; REGISTER; RELIGION; SERBIA; STATISTICS; WAR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA; BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; MALE; REGISTRIES; SERBIA; WAR;

EID: 79451470201     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010001667     Document Type: Article

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