Feasibility study to test designer breastfeeding™: A randomised controlled trial

Evidence Based Midwifery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 76-82

  Stockdale, Janine ^a   Sinclair, Marlene ^a   Kernohan, W George ^a   Keller, John M ^b   Dunwoody, Ma Lynn ^a   Cunningham, Joseph B ^a   Lawther, Dipn Lorna ^c   Weir, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding value; Expectancy for success; Motivation; Randomised controlled trial; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651085460     PISSN: 14794489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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