Relationship of mothers' perceptions and behaviors to the duration of breastfeeding

Psychological Reports

Volumn 80, Issue 3 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1375-1384

  Vandiver, Trish A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0031156005     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.3c.1375     Document Type: Article

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