Breast-feeding initiation in New York City, 1979 to 1996

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1850-1852

  Rosenberg, Kenneth D ^a,b,f   McMurtrie, Claire ^a,c   Kerker, Bonnie D ^a,d   Na, Yingjian ^a,e   Graham, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a Department of Health ^*  (United States)

^b Oregon Health Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Sakura Bank   (United States)

^f OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032447124     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.88.12.1850     Document Type: Article

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