Rural and urban breastfeeding initiation trends in low-income women in North Carolina from 2003 to 2007

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 226-232

  Lynch, Suzanne ^a   Bethel, Jeffrey ^b   Chowdhury, Najmul ^c   Moore, Justin B ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nutrition Services Branch   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; ethnicity; health disparities; initiation; rural; urbanicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUTRITION; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860285177     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334411430086     Document Type: Article

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