Ethnic variation in breastfeeding and complimentary feeding in the Republic of Ireland

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1832-1849

  Castro, Patricia Dominguez ^a   Layte, Richard ^b   Kearney, John ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Breastfeeding; Complimentary feeding; Infant feeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COMPLIMENTARY FEEDING; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRELAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INFANT NUTRITION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACCULTURATION; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899755983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6051832     Document Type: Article

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