Early exclusive breastfeeding and maternal attitudes towards infant feeding in a population of new mothers in San Francisco, California

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Wojcicki, Janet M ^a   Gugig, Roberto ^b   Tran, Cam ^c   Kathiravan, Suganya ^d   Holbrook, Katherine ^a   Heyman, Melvin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; CALIFORNIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTHERS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE;

EID: 76449121001     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2009.0003     Document Type: Article

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