Breastfeeding Attitudes in a Sample of Spanish-Speaking Hispanic American Women

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 216-220

  Libbus, M Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Culture; Hispanic; Lactation; Latina

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034252422     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089033440001600306     Document Type: Article

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