Perceived insufficient milk as a barrier to optimal infant feeding: Examples from Bolivia

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-24

  McCann, Margaret F ^a   Bender, Deborah E ^b  

^a Maternal and Child Epidemiology   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER; URBAN AREA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LACTATION DISORDER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BOLIVIA; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33749069483     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005007170     Document Type: Article

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