A study of the factors affecting the duration of excusive breastfeeding

Nobel Medicus

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 53-57

  Vehid, Hayriye Ertem ^a   Haciu, Durata ^b   Vehid, Suphi ^c   Gökçay, Gülbin ^a   Bulut, Ayşen ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antenatal education; Breastfeeding counselling; Cox regression analysis; Hazard ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77349114733     PISSN: 13052381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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