Specifying the antecedents of breast-feeding duration in Peru through a structural equation model

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 461-467

  Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a   Cobas, José A ^b   Balcazar, Hector ^b   Benin, Mary Holland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding determinants; Demographic and health surveys; Peru; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERU; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 1642587018     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980099000646     Document Type: Article

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