Prevalence and Characteristics Associated with Breastfeeding Initiation Among Canadian Inuit from the 2007–2008 Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2003-2011

  McIsaac, Kathryn E ^a,b   Sellen, Daniel W ^a   Lou, Wendy ^a   Young, Kue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Breastfeeding; Epidemiology; Inuit

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INUIT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASSOCIATION; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INUITS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84938414785     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1712-3     Document Type: Article

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