Maternal religious involvement and breastfeeding initiation and duration

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1865-1868

  Burdette, Amy M ^a   Pilkauskas, Natasha V ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866325197     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300737     Document Type: Article

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