The postpartum visit: Risk factors for nonuse and association with breast-feeding

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1329-1336

  Lu, Michael C ^a,b   Prentice, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Postpartum visit; Prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0036855099     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.126848     Document Type: Article

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