An exploration of the knowledge and attitudes towards breastfeeding among a sample of Chinese mothers in Ireland

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhou, Qianling ^a   Younger, Katherine M ^a   Kearney, John M ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MOTHERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549282465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-722     Document Type: Article

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