Infant feeding practices in the rural population of north India

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-135

  Mahmood, Syed ^a   Srivastava, Anurag ^b   Shrotriya, Ved ^b   Mishra, Payal ^b  

^a ROHILKHAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Birth weight; infant feeding practices; rural India

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891058420     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.98305     Document Type: Article

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