Incorrect advice: the most significant negative determinant on breast feeding in Malta

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Attard Montalto, Simon ^a   Borg, Helen ^a   Buttigieg Said, Mary ^a   Clemmer, Edward J ^b  

^a MATER DEI HOSPITAL   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Incorrect advice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALTA; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; REINFORCEMENT; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALTA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL;

EID: 73549093400     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2008.06.002     Document Type: Article

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