Breastfeeding rates differ significantly by method used: A cause for concern for public health measurement

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-35

  Flaherman, Valerie J ^a   Chien, Alyna T ^b   McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Dudley, R Adams ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79951988160     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2010.0021     Document Type: Article

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