Breastfeeding prevalence among six-week-old infants at university hospital of the West Indies

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-17

  Scarlett, D ^a   Cargill, M ^a   Lyn Sue, J ^a   Richardson, S ^a   McCaw Binns, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; JAMAICA; JUVENILE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL AGE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CARIBBEAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GROWTH; HEALTH; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; JAMAICA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PARITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEST INDIES;

EID: 0030100325     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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