Women's decisions about breastfeeding and maternal employment

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 239-251

  Lindberg, Laura Duberstein ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Health; Infants; Maternal employment; Postpartum employment; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039749245     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353392     Document Type: Article

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