A closer look at racial/ethnic disparities in breastfeeding

Public Health Reports

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-378

  Oyeku, Suzette O ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038346515     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3549(04)50265-0     Document Type: Editorial

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