Determinants of complementary feeding practices among Nepalese children aged 6-23 months: Findings from demographic and health survey 2011

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Khanal, Vishnu ^a   Sauer, Kay ^a   Zhao, Yun ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEPAL; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIET; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84883067061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-131     Document Type: Article

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