Breastfeeding and the good maternal body

Gender and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 308-325

  Stearns, Cindy A ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033240131     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124399013003003     Document Type: Article

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