Randomised controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of a booklet on the duration of breast feeding

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 500-504

  Curro, Vincenzo ^a   Lanni, Roberta ^a   Scipione, Fanny ^a   Grimaldi, Valentina ^a   Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Health information evaluation; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOK; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0030737868     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.6.500     Document Type: Article

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