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International Journal of Community & Family Medicine Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJCFM-108, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2016/108
Research Article
Knowledge, Intention, Practice, and Perceived Barriers of Breastfeeding among Married Working Women in Kuwait

Fajer Al-Darweesh, Rayan Al-Hendyani, Kawthar Al-Shatti, Aliaa Abdullah, Mohammad Taqi, Ali Abbas, and Amal K. Mitra*

Department of Community Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Prof. Amal K. Mitra, Department of Community Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait, Tel: +965 2463 6539; E-mail: amalmitra16@yahoo.com
24 January 2016; 02 May 2016; 05 May 2016
Al-Darweesh F, RaAl-Hendyani R, Al-Shatti K, Abdullah A, Taqi M, (2016) Knowledge, Intention, Practice, and Perceived Barriers of Breastfeeding among Married Working Women in Kuwait. Int J Community Fam Med 1: 108. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2016/108
© 2016 Al-Darweesh et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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