Widespread usage of Infant Formula in China: A Major Public Health Problem

Birth

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 339-343

  Tang, Li ^a   Lee, Andy H ^a   Binns, Colin W ^a   Yang, Yuxiong ^a   Wu, Yan ^b   Li, Yanxia ^c   Qiu, Liqian ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Yongkang Maternal and Children's Hospital   (China)

^c Jiaxing Xiuzhou District Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Breastmilk; China; Infant formula; Milk scandal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911500863     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12132     Document Type: Article

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