Mixed messages about the meanings of breast-feeding representations in the Australian press and popular magazines

Midwifery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-31

  Henderson, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NURSE MIDWIFE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; NURSE MIDWIVES; PERIODICALS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PUBLIC OPINION; SEMANTICS; WOMEN;

EID: 0033085484     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-6138(99)90034-7     Document Type: Article

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