Risk, responsibility, and rhetoric in infant feeding

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 291-325

  Murphy, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034347226     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089124100129023927     Document Type: Article

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