Cultural influences on infant feeding practices

Pediatrics in Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Pak Gorstein, Suzinne ^a   Haq, Aliya ^a   Graham, Elinor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; COLOSTRUM; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT FEEDING; INHERITANCE; MATERNAL CARE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PEER COUNSELING; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; RELIGION; UNITED STATES; WEANING; BABY FOOD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; MIGRATION; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SYMBOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

BREAST FEEDING; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; COLOSTRUM; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; MOTHERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649110058     PISSN: 01919601     EISSN: 15263347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/pir.30-3-e11     Document Type: Article

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