Breastfeeding by Chinese mothers in Australia and China: The healthy migrant effect

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 246-252

  Chen, Shu ^a   Binns, Colin W ^a   Zhao, Yun ^a   Maycock, Bruce ^a   Liu, Yi ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Australia; breastfeeding; China; healthy migrant effect; migrants; Sichuan Province; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIGRATION; MOTHER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIGRANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876227495     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334413475838     Document Type: Article

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