Prevalence of Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices and associated factors among mothers in Bahir Dar city, Northwest Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Seid, Abdulbasit M ^a   Yesuf, Melkie E ^b   Koye, Digsu N ^b  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Associated factors; Exclusive breastfeeding; Northwest Ethiopia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886077409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-8-14     Document Type: Article

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