Coparenting breastfeeding support and exclusive breastfeeding: A randomized controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 102-110

  Abbass Dick, Jennifer ^a   Stern, Susan B ^b   Nelson, Laron E ^d   Watson, William ^c   Dennis, Cindy Lee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENTING EDUCATION; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRIMIPARA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; CHILD PARENT RELATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84920506000     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1416     Document Type: Article

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