Determinants of breastfeeding among rural moslem women in israel

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-211

  Azaiza, Faisal ^a   Palti, Have ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0030875286     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0089801     Document Type: Article

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