Breast-feeding in Geneva: Prevalence, duration and determinants

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 116-123

  Bouvier, Paul ^a,b,c   Rougemont, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Service de sante de la jeunesse   (Switzerland)

^c CMU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SWITZERLAND;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 0031870610     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01359719     Document Type: Article

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