Do early infant feeding practices vary by maternal ethnic group?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 957-964

  Griffiths, Lucy J ^a   Tate, A Rosemary ^a,b   Dezateux, Carol ^a   Bartington, Suzanne ^c   Bedford, Helen ^c   Cole, Tim ^c   Hawkins, Summer Sherburne ^c   Law, Catherine ^c   Peckham, Catherine ^c   Samad, Lamiya ^c   Walton, Suzanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Cohort studies; Ethnic groups; Socio economic factors; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MINORITY GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOLID; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WEANING;

EID: 34547758563     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007665513     Document Type: Article

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