Breastfeeding attitudes among couples planning exclusive breastfeeding or mixed feeding

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 155-162

  Chezem, Jo Carol ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPECTANT PARENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863973291     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2011.0024     Document Type: Article

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