Intent to breast-feed: the impact of attitudes, norms, parity, and experience

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 182-187

  Kloeblen Tarver, Amy S ^a   Thompson, Nancy J ^b   Miner, Kathleen R ^b  

^a GRADY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; PARITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN;

EID: 0036581115     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.26.3.3     Document Type: Article

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