title: The practice of prelacteal feeding to newborns among Hindu and Muslim families.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: McKenna
authors.forename: Rani T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Shankar
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D001942:Breast Feeding; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D018596:Hinduism; D006801:Humans; D007224:Infant Care; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000208:ethnology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007514:Islam; D008880:Midwifery; D011247:Pregnancy