Breastfeeding and weaning practices in Vancouver

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 231-236

  Williams, Patricia L ^a   Innis, Sheila M ^a,c   Vogel, A M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b City of Vancouver Health Department   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; DIET; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; WEANING;

BREAST FEEDING; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 0029836838     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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