Breast-feeding in Athens, Greece: Factors associated with its initiation and duration

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-384

  Theofilogiannakou, Melina ^a   Skouroliakou, Maria ^b   Gounaris, Antonis ^c   Panagiotakos, Demosthenis ^b   Markantonis, Sophia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Complementary feeding; Hospital practices; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL CARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748537037     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000228104.97078.bb     Document Type: Article

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