Breastfeeding: Validation of a reduced Breastfeeding Assessment Score in a group of Italian women

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 17-18, 2011, Pages 2509-2518

  Zobbi, Virna Franca ^a   Calistri, Daniela ^b   Consonni, Dario ^c   Nordio, Francesco ^c,d   Costantini, Walter ^b   Mauri, Paola Agnese ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding Assessment Score; Breastfeeding cessation; Breastfeeding support; Midwifery; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80051574681     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03767.x     Document Type: Article

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