Breast-feeding patterns in central Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 515-519

  Berger Achituv, Sivan ^a,d   Shohat, Tamar ^b,c   Garty, Ben Zion ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Human milk; Infant formula; Maternal education; Parity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIPARA; PREDICTION; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 23344447167     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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