The contribution of parental and community ethnicity to breastfeeding practices: Evidence from the Millennium Cohort Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1378-1386

  Griffiths, Lucy J ^a   Tate, A Rosemary ^a   Dezateux, Carol ^a   Peckham, Catherine ^b   Law, Catherine ^b   Butler, Neville ^b   Barlington, Suzanne ^b   Walton, Suzanne ^b   Cole, Tim ^b   Bedford, Helen ^b   Samad, Lamiya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Ethnic groups; Socioeconomic factors; Sohort studies

Indexed keywords

HEALTH AND DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; POVERTY AREAS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 29244434521     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi162     Document Type: Article

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