Influence of peers on breastfeeding discontinuation among new parents: The melbourne inFANT program

Pediatrics

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Cameron, Adrian James ^a   Hesketh, Kylie ^a   Ball, Kylie ^a   Crawford, David ^a   Campbell, Karen J ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Health promotion; Mothers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; BREAST FEEDING; PEER GROUP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956277282     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0771     Document Type: Article

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