Exclusive breastfeeding for six months: The WHO six months recommendation in the Asia Pacific region

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 344-350

  Binns, Colin William ^a   Lee, Mi Kyung ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Dietary advice; Exclusive; Infancy; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ASIA; BREAST FEEDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; NUTRITION POLICY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84907341363     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2014.23.3.21     Document Type: Review

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