"Best for babies" or "preventable infanticide"? The controversy over artificial feeding of infants in America, 1880-1920

Journal of American History

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 75-94

  Levenstein, Harvey ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0020863835     PISSN: 00218723     EISSN: 19452314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1890522     Document Type: Article

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