Knowledge, attitiude and practice of breastfeeding among postnatal mothers

Current Pediatric Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-124

  Ekambaram, Maheswari ^a   Vishnu Bhat, B ^a   Ahamed, Mohamed Asif Padiyath ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Attitude; Breastfeeding; Knowledge; Postnatal mothers; Practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84858128388     PISSN: 09719032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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