Home breastfeeding support by health professionals: Findings of a randomized controlled trial in a population of Italian women

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1108-1114

  Di Napoli, A ^a   Di Lallo, D ^a   Fortes, C ^b   Franceschelli, C ^c   Armeni, E ^d   Guasticchi, G ^a  

^a Agy for Pub Health of Lazio Region   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c Department of Epidemiology   (Italy)

^d Breastfeeding Study Group   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding support; Epidemiology; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; ITALY; MATERNITY WARD; MIDWIFE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECALL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 7544243929     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410028525     Document Type: Article

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