Comparison of breastfeeding rates in Scotland in 1990-1 and 1997-8

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7298, 2001, Pages 1335-1336

  Tappin, David M ^a   Mackenzie, Joan M ^b   Brown, Arlene J ^b   Girdwood, Robert W A ^b   Britten, Jane ^a   Broadfoot, Mary ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0035796033     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7298.1335     Document Type: Article

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