Increasing Breastfeeding Rates in Working Mothers

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 415-434

  Witters Green, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0347986718     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0089617     Document Type: Article

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