Association between breastfeeding support and breastfeeding rates in the UK: A comparison of late preterm and term infants

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Rayfield, Sarah ^a   Oakley, Laura ^a,b   Quigley, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PREMATURITY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN; SELF HELP; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERM BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; SELF REPORT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TERM BIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947210870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009144     Document Type: Article

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