Impact of feeding and breastfeeding practices on the nutritional status of infants in a district of Andhra Pradesh, India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 201-206

  Meshram, I I ^a   Laxmaiah, A ^a   Venkaiah, K ^a   Brahmam, G N V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COLOSTRUM; COMMUNITY; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEEDING; FAMILY TYPE; FEMALE; HONEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHEDULED CASTE; SCHEDULED TRIBE; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; BUFFALOES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872006874     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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