Increasing breastfeeding rates in New York City, 1980-2000

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 198-206

  Besculides, Melanie ^a   Grigoryan, Karine ^a   Laraque, Fabienne ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding initiation; Breastfeeding trends; Improving breastfeeding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE, HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; NEW YORK CITY; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 24044478386     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jti044     Document Type: Article

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