Determinants of initiation and exclusivity of breastfeeding in al Hassa, Saudi Arabia

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 59-68

  Amin, Tarek ^a,b   Hablas, Hatem ^a   Al Qader, Ahmed Alabd ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SAMPLING; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NATURAL CHILDBIRTH; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79954502637     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2010.0018     Document Type: Article

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