Do Black–White Racial Disparities in Breastfeeding Persist in the Military Community?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 419-427

  Lundquist, Jennifer ^a   Xu, Zhun ^b   Barfield, Wanda ^c   Elo, Irma ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Military; Race disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOLDIER; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939883711     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1524-x     Document Type: Article

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