Factors Influencing Initiation of Breast-feeding among Urban Women

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 477-483

  Noble, Lawrence ^a   Hand, Ivan ^a   Haynes, Diane ^b   McVeigh, Tammy ^b   Kim, MaeHee ^b   Yoon, Jing Ja ^b  

^a JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Breast feeding; Education; Ethnicity; Smoking; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN POPULATION; WORK;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; NEW YORK CITY; PARITY; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0344306307     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-814732     Document Type: Article

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