Patterns and determinants of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices in urban informal settlements, Nairobi Kenya

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kimani Murage, Elizabeth W ^a   Madise, Nyovani J ^b   Fotso, Jean Christophe ^a   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a   Mutua, Martin K ^a   Gitau, Tabither M ^c   Yatich, Nelly ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POVERTY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957500777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-396     Document Type: Article

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