Breastfeeding advice given to African American and white women by physicians and WIC counselors

Public Health Reports

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 368-376

  Beal, Anne C ^a   Kuhlthau, Karen ^b   Perrin, James M ^b  

^a Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0038008467     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50264-9     Document Type: Article

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