Postpartum practices of puerperal women and their influencing factors in three regions of Hubei, China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Liu, Nian ^a   Mao, Limei ^a   Sun, Xiufa ^a   Liu, Liegang ^a   Chen, Banghua ^a   Ding, Qiang ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MILK; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUERPERIUM; RURAL AREA; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TABOO; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NARRATION; POSTNATAL CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TABOO; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33750975628     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-274     Document Type: Article

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