New Evidence on Breastfeeding and Postpartum Depression: The Importance of Understanding Women’s Intentions

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 897-907

  Borra, Cristina ^a   Iacovou, Maria ^b,d   Sevilla, Almudena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Breastfeeding; Child development; Edinburgh postnatal depression scale; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84928146724     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1591-z     Document Type: Article

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