Breast-feeding attitudes and practices among Vietnamese mothers in Ho Chi Minh City

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 252-257

  Lundberg, Pranee C ^a   Ngoc Thu, Trieu Thi ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Breast feeding; Practices; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MOTHER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIET NAM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIETNAM;

EID: 84858152828     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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