Infant feeding in the first 12 weeks following birth: A comparison of patterns seen in Asian and non-Asian women in Australia

Women and Birth

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-28

  Dahlen, Hannah G ^a   Homer, Caroline S E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian; Breastfeeding; Childbirth; Non Asian; Practices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; NORMAL HUMAN; NULLIPARA; PERINEAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEEDING METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 75749121019     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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