Barriers to breastfeeding in the WIC population

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 244-249

  Hedberg, Inga C ^a  

^a Little Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant; Nutrition; Systematic review; WIC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880161294     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: 15390683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e3182836ca2     Document Type: Article

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