Reliability and validity of a malay-version questionnaire assessing knowledge of breastfeeding

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 32-39

  Tengku Ismail, Tengku Alina ^a   Sulaiman, Zaharah ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Knowledge; Medical sciences; Questionnaires; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALAYSIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDITY;

EID: 78249242129     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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