Breastfeeding attitudes: Association between maternal and male partner attitudes and breastfeeding intent

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 368-373

  Mitchell Box, Kristen ^a   Braun, Kathryn L ^b   Hurwitz, Eric L ^b   Hayes, Donald K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Family Health Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880880400     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2012.0135     Document Type: Article

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