Trade-offs underlying maternal breastfeeding decisions: A conceptual model

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-98

  Tully, Kristin P ^a,b,c   Ball, Helen L ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding support; Evolution; Infant feeding decisions; Multidisciplinary approaches; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; INFANT FEEDING; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84870994475     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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