Social support, social influence, ethnicity and the breastfeeding decision

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1983, Pages 1599-1611

  Baranowski, Tom ^a   Bee, David E ^b   Rassin, David K ^a   Richardson, C Joan ^a   Brown, Judy P ^b   Guenther, Nancy ^a   Nader, Philip R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; NEGRO; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

BLACKS; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES; WHITES;

EID: 0020996873     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(83)90306-4     Document Type: Article

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