The association between infant feeding pattern and mother's quality of life in Taiwan

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1281-1288

  Chen, Yi Chun ^a   Chie, Wei Chu ^b   Kuo, Shu Chen ^c   Lin, Yu Hsuan ^d   Lin, Shio Jean ^e   Chen, Pau Chung ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Health related quality of life; Infant feeding; Mothers; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; TAIWAN;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TAIWAN;

EID: 34648830155     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9233-1     Document Type: Article

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