Association of birth of girls with postnatal depression and exclusive breastfeeding: An observational study

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Jain, Akanksha ^a   Tyagi, Prashant ^a   Kaur, Prabhjeet ^a   Puliyel, Jacob ^a   Sreenivas, Vishnu ^b  

^a ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SEX RATIO; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84903122073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003545     Document Type: Article

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