The Iowa infant feeding attitude scale: Analysis of reliability and validity

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2362-2380

  De La Mora, Arlene ^b   Russell, Daniel W ^a   Dungy, Claibourne I ^b   Losch, Mary ^b   Dusdieker, Lois ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033229077     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb00115.x     Document Type: Article

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