Breast feeding in a Saudi Arabian community. Profile of parents and influencing factors

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 580-584

  Ogbeide, Danny O ^a,c   Siddiqui, Saima ^a   Al Khalifa, Ibrahim M ^b   Karim, Anjum ^a  

^a Al Kharj Military Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Military Armed Forces Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARABS; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 2942633203     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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