Attitudes to the use of dummies in New Zealand; a qualitative study

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1054, 1997, Pages 395-397

  Vogel, Alison ^a   Mitchell, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTHER; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE; NURSE MIDWIFE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WEANING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CONSULTANTS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MOTHERS; NEW ZEALAND; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSES; WEANING;

EID: 0031585373     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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