Breastfeeding duration and early parenting behaviour: The importance of an infant-led, responsive style

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Brown, Amy ^a   Arnott, Bronia ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING DURATION; CHILD CARE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFANT; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NURTURANCE; PARENT LED ROUTINE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGY;

BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84895760566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083893     Document Type: Article

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