Mothers' expectations and other factors affecting breastfeeding at six months in Greece

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 387-396

  Bouras, Georgios ^a   Mexi Bourna, Panagioula ^a   Bournas, Nicolaos ^a   Christodoulou, Christos ^a   Daskalaki, Anna ^a   Tasiopoulou, Ioanna ^a   Poulios, Antonios ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; caesarean delivery; exclusive breastfeeding; mothers' expectations; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WEANING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; WEANING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893182816     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493512468358     Document Type: Article

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