Emerging trends in breastfeeding practices in Singaporean Chinese women: Findings from a population-based study

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 88-94

  Hornbeak, Dana M ^a,b   Dirani, Mohamed ^c,d   Sham, Wai Kit ^e   Li, Jialiang ^e   Young, Terri L ^a,b   Wong, Tien Yin ^c   Chong, Yap Seng ^f   Saw, Seang Mei ^e  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Complementary content; Education; Expression; Maternal child health

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASSOCIATION; BIRTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHINESE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SINGAPORE; STANDARD; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77949517076     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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