Comparing Child-Feeding Practices of Dominican Mothers

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 388-396

  Babington, Lynn M ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BABY FOOD; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIGRATION; MOTHER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT FOOD; MALE; MOTHERS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; VITAMINS; WEANING;

EID: 34548679352     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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