Factors associated with prelacteal feeding and timely initiation of breastfeeding in hospital-delivered infants in India

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 572-578

  Patel, Archana ^a,b,c,d   Banerjee, Anita ^d   Kaletwad, Amol ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Lata Medical Research Foundation   (India)

^d INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; India; infant feeding; prelacteal; timely initiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TIME;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881616790     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334412474718     Document Type: Article

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