Applied Nursing Research
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 144-148 , August 2006

Toward a clinically useful method of predicting early breast-feeding attrition

  • Lynne Porter Lewallen, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Parent Child Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 336 334 5170.
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  • Margaret J. Dick, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Hickory Outreach Program, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA
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  • Yolanda Wall, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Richmond Community College, Hamlet, NC 28345, USA
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  • Kimberly Taylor Zickefoose, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • North Lincoln High School, Carolinas Medical Center, Maiden, NC 28650, USA
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  • Susan Hensley Hannah, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Parent Child Nursing, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402-6170, USA
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  • Janet Flowers, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Catawba Valley Medical Center, Hickory, NC 28602, USA
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  • Wanda Powell, MSN, RN, NNP

      Affiliations

    • Frye Regional Medical Center, Hickory, NC 28601, USA

Received 5 November 2004 ,Accepted 3 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2005.06.004

Applied Nursing Research
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