The Weanling's Dilemma Reconsidered: A Biocultural Analysis of Breastfeeding Ecology

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 286-299

  McDade, Thomas W ^a   Worthman, Carol M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONFLICT; ECOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANT WELFARE; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST FEEDING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ECOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT WELFARE; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MILK, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032132499     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199808000-00008     Document Type: Article

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