Breastfeeding promotion interventions and breastfeeding practices: A systematic review

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages

  Haroon, Sarah ^a   Das, Jai K ^a   Salam, Rehana A ^a   Imdad, Aamer ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a,b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84884405537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-S3-S20     Document Type: Review

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