Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 746-752 , July 2010

Late introduction and poor diversity were the main weaknesses of complementary foods in a cohort study in rural Burkina Faso

  • S.P. Sawadogo, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • UFR-SVT/CRSBAN, Université de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)--Unité Mixte de Recherche 204 IRD/UM1/UM2/SupAgro--Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +226 50 30 67 37; fax: +226 50 31 03 85.
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  • Martin-Prével Yves, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)--Unité Mixte de Recherche 204 IRD/UM1/UM2/SupAgro--Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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  • Mouquet-Rivier Claire, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition--Unité Mixte de Recherche 204 IRD/UM1/UM2/SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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  • Bambara Alain

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)--Unité Mixte de Recherche 204 IRD/UM1/UM2/SupAgro--Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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  • Traoré S. Alfred, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • UFR-SVT/CRSBAN, Université de Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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  • Trèche Serge, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition--Unité Mixte de Recherche 204 IRD/UM1/UM2/SupAgro, Montpellier, France
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  • Delpeuch Francis, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition--Unité Mixte de Recherche 204 IRD/UM1/UM2/SupAgro, Montpellier, France

Received 7 June 2008 ,Revised 21 January 2010 ,Accepted 17 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2010.02.010

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 7 , Pages 746-752 , July 2010

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