Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months of life and its determinant factors on the referring children to the health centers in Mashhad, northeast of Iran-2007

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-348

  Moradi, A ^a   Vafaee, A ^a   Najafpoor, A A ^a   Khabazkhoob, M ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Exclusive breastfeeding; Infant nutrition; Iran; Lactation

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CHILDREN HEALTHS; DETERMINANT FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL PLANS; INFANT NUTRITIONS; IRAN; LACTATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELING;

PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

HEALTH;

EID: 76449110856     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.343.348     Document Type: Article

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