Knowledge, attitudes and practices of exclusive breast-feeding of infants aged 0-6 months by urban refugee women in Kigali

Rwanda Medical Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-10

  Bahemuka, Gedeon Jino ^a   Munyanshongore, Cyprien ^b   Birungi, Francine ^b  

^a Kigali Anglican Theological College   (Rwanda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF); Knowledge; Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893060897     PISSN: 2079097X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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