Breastfeeding and introduction of complementary food in Danish infants

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 138-145

  Kronborg, Hanne ^a   Foverskov, Else ^a   Væth, Michael ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; breastfeeding duration; complementary food; descriptive analysis; formula; Infant feeding patterns; solid food; time for introduction

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; AGE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84924959315     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494814567171     Document Type: Article

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