Duration of maternal breast-feeding in the Dominican Republic

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-111

  Bautista, Leonelo E ^a,b  

^a Ctr for Social and Demogr Studies   (Dominican Republic)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BREASTFEEDING DURATION; CHILD HEALTH; MOTHERS' CHARACTERISTICS;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 0030617198     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891997000200003     Document Type: Article

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