Breastfeeding practices in military families: A 12-month prospective population-based study in the national capital region

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-234

  Mao, Chad Y ^a   Narang, Sandeep ^b   Lopreiato, Joseph ^c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MARYLAND; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856640083     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00181     Document Type: Article

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