Breastfeeding Practices in Relation to Country of Origin Among Women Living in Denmark: A Population-Based Study

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2479-2488

  Busck Rasmussen, Marianne ^a   Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted ^a   Norsker, Filippa Nyboe ^a   Mortensen, Laust ^a   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Breastfeeding; Epidemiology; Health care disparity; Migrants

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 84912015769     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1486-z     Document Type: Article

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