Infant feeding practices in Bhaktapur, Nepal: A cross-sectional, health facility based survey

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ulak, Manjeswori ^a,b   Chandyo, Ram K ^a,b,c   Mellander, Lotta ^d   Shrestha, Prakash S ^a   Strand, Tor A ^b,e,f  

^a CHRP   (Nepal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c KATHMANDU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^f INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

Exclusive breastfeeding; Infant; Mixed feeding; Nepal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855478680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-7-1     Document Type: Article

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