Maternal Infant-Feeding Decisions: Reasons and Influences

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-198

  Matthews, Kay ^a   Webber, Karen ^a   McKim, Edna ^a   Banoub Baddour, Suzan ^a   Laryea, Maureen ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; NEWFOUNDLAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032086634     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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