Attitudes and subjective norms of male and female adolescents toward breastfeeding

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 402-410

  Goulet, Céline ^a   Lampron, Annie ^a   Marcil, Isabelle ^a   Ross, Lise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Attitudes; Breastfeeding; Norms; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

EID: 26244454266     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334403258337     Document Type: Article

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