Predictors of breastfeeding duration among women in Kuwait: Results of a prospective cohort study

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 711-728

  Dashti, Manal ^a,b   Scott, Jane A ^c   Edwards, Christine A ^a   Al Sughayer, Mona ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Jaber AL Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital   (Kuwait)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Determinants; Duration; Middle East

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION AND FOLLOW UP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KUWAIT; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84895165826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6020711     Document Type: Article

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