The effect of the baby-friendly hospital initiative on long-term breast feeding

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1251-1255

  Duyan Camurdan A ^a,c   Ozkan S ^a   Yuksel D ^b   Pasli, F ^a   Sahin F ^a   Beyazova, U ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DR SAMI ULUS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c Sapka Devrimi Caddesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34447294205     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2007.00926.x     Document Type: Article

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