Initiation and duration of breastfeeding in an aboriginal community in south western Sydney

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-261

  Craig, Pippa L ^a   Knight, Jennifer ^a   Comino, Elizabeth ^b   Webster, Vana ^b   Pulver, Lisa Jackson ^a   Harris, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Australia; breastfeeding duration; breastfeeding initiation

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME; WEANING;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 79960957063     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334411402998     Document Type: Article

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