Breastfeeding practices: Positioning, attachment (latch-on) and effective suckling - A hospital-based study in Libya

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 74-79

  Goyal, Ram ^a   Banginwar, Ashish ^b   Ziyo, Fatima ^c   Toweir, Ahmed ^c  

^a DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Melmaruvathur Adhiparashakthi Instt of Medical Sciences   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Attachment (latch on); breastfeeding practices; effective suckling; positioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858079416     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.83372     Document Type: Article

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