Antenatal education and postnatal support strategies for improving rates of exclusive breast feeding: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7620, 2007, Pages 596-599

  Su, Lin Lin ^a   Chong, Yap Seng ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^a   Chan, Yah Shih ^b   Fok, Doris ^b   Tun, Kay Thwe ^c   Ng, Faith S P ^c   Rauff, Mary ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Research Unit   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LACTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34848853003     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39279.656343.55     Document Type: Article

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