Maternal employment and breast-feeding initiation: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-247

  Hawkins, Summer S ^a   Griffiths, Lucy J ^a   Dezateux, Carol ^a   Law, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Cohort studies; Maternal employment; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PUERPERIUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PARENTAL LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247152162     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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