Factors influencing the reasons why mothers stop breastfeeding

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Brown, Catherine R L ^a   Dodds, Linda ^a   Legge, Alexandra ^a   Bryanton, Janet ^b   Semenic, Sonia ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant; Lactation; Weaning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGY; RETURN TO WORK; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; WEANING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MOTHERS; NOVA SCOTIA; RETURN TO WORK; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904119486     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/cjph.105.4244     Document Type: Article

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