A qualitative study exploring factors associated with mothers' decisions to formula-feed their infants in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bonia, Kimberly ^a   Twells, Laurie ^b   Halfyard, Beth ^a   Ludlow, Valerie ^b   Newhook, Leigh Anne ^c   Murphy Goodridge, Janet ^d  

^a Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d New Janeway Childrens Health and Rehabilitation Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Formula feeding; Infant feeding decisions; Newfoundland and Labrador; Public Health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MOTHERS; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880000923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-645     Document Type: Article

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