Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Iraqi mothers and family child-caring women regarding breastfeeding

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1003-1014

  Abdul Ameer, Atheer J ^a   Al Hadi, A H M ^a   Abdulla, M M ^a  

^a Al Nahrain University College of Medicine   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD CARE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; IRAQ; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLOSTRUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT FOOD; IRAQ; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING; WOMEN;

EID: 55149111579     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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