Patterns for the initiation of breastfeeding in humans

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 765-780

  Holman, Darryl J ^a   Grimes, Michael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242437754     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10219     Document Type: Article

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