Breastfeeding knowledge, attitudes, and intention in a sample of undergraduate students in Mainland China

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 331-339

  Lou, Zixin ^a   Zeng, Guo ^b   Orme, John G ^a   Huang, Lujiao ^b   Liu, Fang ^b   Pang, Xuehong ^b   Kavanagh, Katherine F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; breastfeeding attitudes; breastfeeding knowledge; China; undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905025618     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334414526058     Document Type: Article

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