Recent evidence of the effectiveness of educational interventions for improving complementary feeding practices in developing countries

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-98

  Shi, Ling ^a   Zhang, Jingxu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Infant nutrition, Complementary feeding, Educational intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEEDING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; WEANING;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GROWTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MOTHERS;

EID: 79953747977     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq053     Document Type: Article

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