Factors associated with timely initiation of breastfeeding in al-hassa province, Saudi Arabia;Facteurs associés à l'initiation précoce de l'allaitement au sein dans la province de al-hassa (Arabie Saoudite)

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-254

  El Gilany, A H ^a   Sarraf, B ^a   Al Wehady, A ^b  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Directorate of Primary Health Care   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTHER; PREDICTION; PRENATAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84859135648     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.3.250     Document Type: Article

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