The crisis of poor complementary feeding in South Asia: Where next?

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 1-4

  Menon, Purnima ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; EDITORIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LACTATION; MALNUTRITION; POLICY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH ASIA;

ASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; WEANING;

EID: 83755185672     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00394.x     Document Type: Editorial

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