Impact of expectant fathers in breast-feeding decisions

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1311-1313

  Sharma, Manoj ^a,b   Petosa, Rick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b Health Promotion in the Columbus Health Department   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; DECISION MAKING; DIETITIAN; EXPECTATION; FATHER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030725205     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(97)00312-X     Document Type: Article

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