Breast-feeding Attitudes and Behavior Among WIC Mothers in Texas

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Vaaler, Margaret L ^a   Stagg, Julie ^a   Parks, Sharyn E ^a   Erickson, Tracy ^a   Castrucci, Brian C ^a  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; breast feeding; infant feeding; infant formula

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PERCEPTION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950789680     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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