Maternal perspectives on the use of probiotics in infants: A cross-sectional survey

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bridgman, Sarah L ^a   Azad, Meghan B ^a   Field, Catherine J ^a   Letourneau, Nicole ^b   Johnston, David W ^c   Kaplan, Bonnie J ^c   Kozyrskyj, Anita L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Faculties of Nursing and oMedicine (Pediatrics)   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross sectional survey; Infant; Mother; Natural health products; Nutrition; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ADMINISTRATION TEST; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PROBIOTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907984602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-366     Document Type: Article

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