Couple's relationships and breastfeeding: Is there an association?

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-55

  Garcia Falceto, Olga ^a   Giugliani, Elsa R J ^a   Fernandes, Carmen Luiza C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Grupo Hosp Nossa Senhora Conceicao ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant; Marriage; Parents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 4444352553     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334403261028     Document Type: Article

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