Initiation rate and duration of breast-feeding in the Melbourne Aboriginal community

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 500-503

  Holmes, Wendy ^a   Phillips, Julie ^a   Thorpe, Lisa ^a  

^a Victorian Aboriginal Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031202554     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01742.x     Document Type: Article

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