Influences of mother's work, childhood place of residence, and exposure to media on breast-feeding patterns: Experience of Nigeria and Uganda

Social Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-20

  Ukwuani, Festus A ^a   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^a   Cornwell, Gretchen T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UGANDA;

EID: 0035279399     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2001.9989025     Document Type: Article

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