Infant feeding information, attitudes and practices: A longitudinal survey in central Nepal

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Karkee, Rajendra ^a   Lee, Andy H ^b   Khanal, Vishnu ^c   Binns, Colin W ^b  

^a BP Koirala Institute of Health Science   (Nepal)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Sanjeevani College of Medical Sciences   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Attitude; Breastfeeding; Feeding practice; Nepal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906922125     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-9-14     Document Type: Article

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