Breastfeeding policy: A globally comparative analysis

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 398-406

  Heymann, Jody ^a   Raub, Amy ^a   Earle, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH POLICY; LITERACY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED NATIONS; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREASTFEEDING BREAK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE WORKER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONALITY; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84878448008     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.109363     Document Type: Article

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