A structured public health approach to increasing rates and duration of breastfeeding in Romania

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 429-432

  Wallis, Anne Baber ^a,b   Brînzaniuc, Alexandra ^b   Oprescu, Florin ^b,c   Cherecheş, Räzvan M ^a,b   Mureşan, Marta ^d   Dungy, Claibourne I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Faculty of Political Administrative and Communication Sciences   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^d Dominic Stanca Obstetrics Gynecology Clinic   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROMANIA;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROMANIA; STUDENTS;

EID: 82555202529     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2010.0106     Document Type: Article

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