The prevalence and characteristics associated with mother-infant bed-sharing in Klang district, Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-315

  Tan, Kok Leong ^a   Ghani, S N ^b   Moy, F M ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bed sharing; Breastfeeding; Infant factors; Malaysia; Maternal factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED SHARING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; OCCUPATION; PARITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; BED; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BEDS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAYSIA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77958062059     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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