Traditional breastfeeding practices of the ojibwe of Northern Minnesota

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-61

  Dodgson, Joan E ^a   Struthers, Roxanne ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; AMERICAN INDIAN; CHILD CARE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST FEEDING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0037607326     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330390170033     Document Type: Article

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