Reliability and validity of the Romanian version of a scale to measure infant feeding attitudes and knowledge

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1194-1199

  Wallis, Anne Baber ^a   Brînzaniuc, Alexandra ^b   Cherecheş, Razvan ^b   Oprescu, Florin ^a   Şirlincan, Emanuela ^b   David, Ioana ^b   Dîrle, Ioana Andreea ^b   Dungy, Claibourne I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Breastfeeding; Health behaviour; Infant feeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; ROMANIA; URBAN AREA; VALIDITY;

EID: 49349100974     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00914.x     Document Type: Article

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