Breastfeeding intentions, patterns, and determinants in infants visiting hospitals in La Paz, Bolivia

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Ludvigsson, Jonas F ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BREAST FEEDING; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TIME;

BOLIVIA; BREAST FEEDING; COLOSTRUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2642573514     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-3-5     Document Type: Article

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