Assessment of Students' Attitudes Toward Breastfeeding

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-37

  Forrester, Ivis T ^a   Wheelock, Gerald ^b   Warren, Ann P ^b  

^a ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabama; Attitudes; Breastfeeding; Public education; Students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALABAMA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0031088366     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089033449701300114     Document Type: Article

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