Unintended pregnancies are associated with less likelihood of prolonged breast-feeding: An analysis of 18 Demographic and Health Surveys

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 306-312

  Hromi Fiedler, Amber J ^a   Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Demographic and Health Survey; Pregnancy intention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33744918291     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2006856     Document Type: Article

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