Does intimate partner violence impact on women's initiation and duration of breastfeeding?

Breastfeeding Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 11-19

  James, Jennifer P ^a   Taft, Angela ^b   Amir, Lisa H ^b   Agius, Paul ^b,c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Duration; Intimate partner violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BATTERED WOMAN; BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BATTERED WOMEN; BREAST FEEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSE ABUSE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905676640     PISSN: 07292759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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