Anemia and feeding practices among infants in rural Shaanxi Province in China

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5975-5991

  Luo, Renfu ^a   Shi, Yaojiang ^b   Zhou, Huan ^c   Yue, Ai ^b   Zhang, Linxiu ^a   Sylvia, Sean ^d   Medina, Alexis ^e   Rozelle, Scott ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Feeding practices; Infant; Nutrition; Rural China

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; IRON THERAPY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RURAL AREA; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFANT NUTRITION; METABOLISM; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84919820103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6125975     Document Type: Article

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