Healthcare professionals' and mothers' knowledge of, attitudes to and experiences with, Baby-Led Weaning: A content analysis study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Cameron, Sonya Lynne ^a   Heath, Anne Louise Mary ^a   Taylor, Rachael Waring ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BABY LED WEANING; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEANING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84870626436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001542     Document Type: Article

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