A comparison of maternal attitudes to breastfeeding in public and the association with breastfeeding duration in four European countries: Results of a cohort study

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Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-85

  Scott, Jane A ^a   Kwok, Yin Ying ^b   Synnott, Kate ^c   Bogue, Joe ^d   Amarri, Sergio ^e   Norin, Elizabeth ^f   Gil, Angel ^g   Edwards, Christine A ^h  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Buddhist Po Ching Home for the Aged Women ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c Danone Trading BV   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding duration; Breastfeeding in public; Iowa infant feeding attitude scale; Maternal attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NORM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; WEANING;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIAL NORMS; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 84923067613     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/birt.12138     Document Type: Article

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