Nutritional deficiencies, the absence of information and caregiver shortcomings: A qualitative analysis of infant feeding practices in rural China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Yue, Ai ^a   Marsh, Lauren ^b   Zhou, Huan ^b   Medina, Alexis ^c   Luo, Renfu ^d   Shi, Yaojiang ^a   Zhang, Linxiu ^d   Kenny, Kaleigh ^c   Rozelle, Scott ^c  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STARCH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHINA; COMPLEMENTARY FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEAT; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; VEGETABLE; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84963811789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153385     Document Type: Article

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