The effort to increase breast-feeding: Do obstetricians, in the forefront, need help?

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 72-78

  Power, Michael L ^a   Locke, Elaine ^a   Chapin, Janet ^a   Klein, Luella ^a   Schulkin, Jay ^a  

^a American Coll Obstet/Gynecologists   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Breast feeding; Obstetrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTITIS; NEGRO; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0037330211     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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