Breast-feeding in Iceland: Predictive factors and effects of interrentive measures

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-66

  Freysteinsson, Hjalmar ^a   Sigurdsson, Johann A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

breast feeding; epidemiology; prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION; FATHER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ICELAND; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; TIME;

EID: 26444465157     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349489602400110     Document Type: Article

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