Maternal socio-demographic factors influencing the initiation and exclusivity of breastfeeding in a Nigerian semi-urban setting

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 459-465

  Ogunlesi, Tinuade A ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Maternal education; Pre lacteal feeding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OCCUPATION; POPULATION; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954892913     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0440-3     Document Type: Article

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