Comparison of breastfeeding rates and health outcomes for infants receiving care from hospital outpatient clinic and community health centres in China

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 286-293

  Yu, Chuan ^a   Binns, Colin W ^b   Lee, Andy H ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; cohort study; community health centre; infant health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHERS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84983685034     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493515587058     Document Type: Article

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