Barriers to breastfeeding in Lebanon: A policy analysis

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 314-326

  Akik, Chaza ^a,b   Ghattas, Hala ^b   Filteau, Suzanne ^a   Knai, Cecile ^a  

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

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes; Lebanon; policy analysis

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEBANON; MARKETING; MILK SUBSTITUTE; MONITORING; ORGANIZATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; REFUGEE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEBANON; MILK SUBSTITUTES; POLICY MAKING; REFUGEES;

EID: 85019232409     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-017-0077-9     Document Type: Article

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