Assessment of initiation of breastfeeding, prevalence of exclusive breast feeding and their predictors in taif, KSA

Life Science Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Dorgham, Laila Shehata ^a   Hafez, Samar K ^a,b   Kamhawy, Heba E ^a   Hassan, Wisal B ^a,c  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c OMDURMAN ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Exclusive BF; Maternal education; Maternal employment; Predictors; Taif; Timely initiated BF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892165465     PISSN: 10978135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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