The social and medical construction of lactation pathology

Women and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 93-110

  Wolf, Jacqueline H ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Doctors; History; Infant feeding; Lactation; Mothers; Pathology; Pediatricians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; LACTATION DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033636666     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v30n03_07     Document Type: Article

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