Comfort with the idea of formula feeding helps explain ethnic disparity in breastfeeding intentions among expectant first-time mothers

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-33

  Nommsen Rivers, Laurie A ^a   Chantry, Caroline J ^b   Cohen, Roberta J ^c   Dewey, Kathryn G ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASIAN; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPECTANT MOTHER; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENTION; MOTHERS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SELF EFFICACY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449087751     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2009.0052     Document Type: Article

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