Breastfeeding in the Military: Part II. Resource and Policy Considerations

Military Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 813-816

  Bell, Michael R ^a   Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron ^b  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Off Assistant Sec Def Hlth Aff   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT NUTRITION;

EID: 0142185826     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/168.10.813     Document Type: Article

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