Breastfeeding Knowledge and Beliefs among Adults in Eastern Tobago

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 298-303

  Bovell Benjamin, Adelia C ^a   Benjamin, William ^b   Ivey, Marsha ^c   Simeon, Donald T ^c  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tobago Development Foundation   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c Tuskegee University ^*

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Expressed breast milk; Maternal employment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0035523235     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089033440101700403     Document Type: Article

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