Open Journal of Preventive Medicine

Vol.7 No.4(2017), Paper ID 75969, 12 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojpm.2017.74006

 

The Practice of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Its Sociodemographic Determinants amongst Nursing Mothers at a Tertiary Health Care Institution in South East, Nigeria

 

Henry N. Chineke, Anthony C. Iwu, Kevin C. Diwe, Chukwuma B. Duru, Kenechi A. Uwakwe, Eyitayo E. Emmanuel, Uche R. Oluoha, Ugochukwu C. Madubueze, Emmanuel U. Ndukwu, Ikechi Ohale

 

Department of Family Medicine Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu, Nigeria
Department of Community Medicine, Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu, Nigeria
Department of Community Medicine, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Department of Community Medicine, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Department of Community Medicine, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria
Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria
Department of Community Medicine, Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu, Nigeria
Department of Community Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Nigeria
Department of Community Medicine, Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu, Nigeria
Department of Community Medicine, Imo State University Teaching Hospital, Orlu, Nigeria

 

Copyright © 2017 Henry N. Chineke, Anthony C. Iwu, Kevin C. Diwe, Chukwuma B. Duru, Kenechi A. Uwakwe, Eyitayo E. Emmanuel, Uche R. Oluoha, Ugochukwu C. Madubueze, Emmanuel U. Ndukwu, Ikechi Ohale et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Chineke, H. , Iwu, A. , Diwe, K. , Duru, C. , Uwakwe, K. , Emmanuel, E. , Oluoha, U. , Madubueze, U. , Ndukwu, E. and Ohale, I. (2017) The Practice of Exclusive Breastfeeding and Its Sociodemographic Determinants amongst Nursing Mothers at a Tertiary Health Care Institution in South East, Nigeria. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 7, 63-73. doi: 10.4236/ojpm.2017.74006.

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