Infant feeding practices: The case of hmong women in Australia

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-48

  Liamputtong, Pranee ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LAOS; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LAOS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036371253     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993302753428410     Document Type: Article

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