Traditional beliefs as forgotten influencing factors on breast-feeding performance in Turkey

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 511-518

  Hizel, Selda ^a,d   Ceyhun, Gulsen ^b   Tanzer, Fatos ^c   Sanli, Cihat ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TURKEY;

EID: 33645659016     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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