The prevalence and determinants of breast-feeding initiation and duration in a sample of women in Ireland

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 760-770

  Tarrant, Roslyn C ^a   Younger, Katherine M ^a   Sheridan Pereira, Margaret ^b   White, Martin J ^b   Kearney, John M ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b Tallaght and Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Determinants; Duration rates; Ireland; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; IRELAND; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERIUM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; IRELAND; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953664649     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991522     Document Type: Article

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