Bed sharing among mother-infant pairs in Klang district, Peninsular Malaysia and its relationship to breast-feeding

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 420-425

  Tan, Kok Leong ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bed sharing; Breast feeding; Malaysia; Mother "infant pairs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLING; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BEDS; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLINGS; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 74049101541     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181ba083a     Document Type: Article

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