Women's views and experiences of breast feeding: positive, negative or just good for the baby?

Midwifery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-125

  Forster, Della A ^a,b   McLachlan, Helen L ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Pregnancy care; Women's views

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 73549114257     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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