Research on Determinants of Breastfeeding Duration: Suggestions for Biocultural Studies

Medical Anthropology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 97-105

  Allen, Lindsay H ^a   Pelto, Gretel H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGY; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITIQUE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATERNAL PHYSIOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SCANDINAVIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BIOLOGY; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; CRITIQUE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGLAND; EUROPE; HEALTH; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MATERNAL PHYSIOLOGY; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SCANDINAVIA; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDIES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 0022023225     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.1985.9965923     Document Type: Article

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