Compliance status of product labels to the international code on marketing of breast milk substitutes

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-67

  Ergin, Ahmet ^a   Hatipoǧlu, Celile ^a   Bozkurt, Ali Ihsan ^a   Erdoǧan, Asli ^a   Güler, Serdar ^a   Ince, Gülberat ^a   Kavurgaci, Nuran ^a   Öz, Ahmet ^a   Yeniay, Mustafa K ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Infant formula; Legislation; The International Code

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MARKETING; PACKAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MARKETING; NUTRITION POLICY; PRODUCT LABELING; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873410501     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-0971-5     Document Type: Article

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