Breast-feeding pattern and onset of menstruation among Yoruba mothers of South-west Nigeria

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-339

  Kuti, Oluwafemi ^a   Adeyemi, Adebayo B ^a   Owolabi, Alexander T ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Contraception; Lactation amenorrhoea; Nigeria; Post partum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRACEPTION; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LACTATION; LACTATIONAL AMENORRHOEA METHOD; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENSTRUATION; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36348934650     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13625180701536383     Document Type: Article

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