The influence of various factors on breast-feeding in Slovenia

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1250-1256

  Hoyer, Silvestra ^b   Pokorn, Dražgost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Visoka sola za Zdravstvo   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Duration of breast feeding; Factors influencing breast feeding; Frequency of breast feeding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOVENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOVENIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032089185     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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