Breastfeeding duration rates and factors affecting continued breastfeeding among infants born at an inner-city US baby-briendly hospital

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-164

  Merewood, Anne ^a   Patel, Birva ^b   Newton, Kimberly Niles ^b   MacAuley, Lindsay P ^b   Chamberlain, Laura Beth ^b   Francisco, Patricia ^b   Mehta, Supriya D ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Breastfeeding Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative; Breastfeeding duration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BREAST FEEDING; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEGRO; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BOSTON; BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247578543     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334407300573     Document Type: Article

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