Knowledge regarding breastfeeding practices among medical students of Ziauddin University Karachi

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 480-483

  Anjum, Qudsia ^a   Ashfaq, Tabinda ^b   Siddiqui, Hemna ^b  

^a Zaiuddin Medical University   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD NUTRITION; COLOSTRUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFANT NUTRITION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 38449086991     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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