Breast-feeding initiation and exclusive breast-feeding in rural Vietnam

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 795-799

  Duong, Dat V ^a,b   Binns, Colin W ^b   Lee, Andy H ^b  

^a Curtin University of Technology ^*  (Viet Nam)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complementary food; Exclusive breast feeding; Infant feeding; Initiation rate; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; VIET NAM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; VIETNAM;

EID: 4344666762     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2004609     Document Type: Article

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