Acculturative type is associated with breastfeeding duration among low-income Latinas

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 188-198

  Chapman, Donna J ^a   Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Acculturative type; Breastfeeding; Breastfeeding duration; Hispanic; Latina

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PEER COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MEXICAN AMERICANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875052280     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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