Predictors of breast-feeding in a developing country: Results of a prospective cohort study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1350-1356

  Al Sahab, Ban ^a   Tamim, Hala ^a   Mumtaz, Ghina ^b   Khawaja, Marwan ^b   Khogali, Mustafa ^c   Afifi, Rima ^b   Nassif, Yolla ^d   Yunis, Khalid A ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Sudan)

^d SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Physician's sex; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; LEBANON; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEBANON; MALE; MOTHERS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 56049101880     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003005     Document Type: Article

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