Pervasive promotion of breastmilk substitutes in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and high usage by mothers for infant and young child feeding

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 38-51

  Pries, Alissa M ^a   Huffman, Sandra L ^a   Mengkheang, Khin ^a   Kroeun, Hou ^a   Champeny, Mary ^b   Roberts, Margarette ^a   Zehner, Elizabeth ^b  

^a HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Breastmilk substitutes; Cambodia; Infant feeding; Prelacteal feedinginfant feeding; Promotion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BABY FOOD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; URBAN HEALTH;

BREAST FEEDING; CAMBODIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84962755404     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12271     Document Type: Article

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