Breast-feeding practices among WIC participants in Hawaii

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 57-62

  Carmichael, Suzan L ^a,b,f   Prince, Cheryl B ^b,c   Burr, Roger ^c,d   Nakamoto, Fay ^c   Vogt, Richard L ^c,e  

^a California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c HAWAII STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Global Prog Eradication of Polio   (Egypt)

^f March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HAWAII; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035220743     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(01)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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