Breastfeeding and weaning practices among Hong Kong mothers: A prospective study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tarrant, Marie ^a   Fong, Daniel Y T ^a   Wu, Kendra M ^a   Lee, Irene L Y ^b   Wong, Emmy M Y ^c   Sham, Alice ^d   Lam, Christine ^e   Dodgson, Joan E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN CARE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEANING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEANING; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 77952684180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-10-27     Document Type: Article

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