Breast-feeding initiation: Predictors, attitudes, and practices among blacks and whites in rural Mississippi

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1183-1188

  Kum Nji, Philip ^a   Mangrem, Carole L ^a   Wells, Peggy J ^a   White, Pat ^a   Herrod, Henry G ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEGRO; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033378023     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199912000-00010     Document Type: Article

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