Racial and socioeconomic disparities in breastfeeding - United States, 2004

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 335-339

  Grummer Strawn, L ^a   Scanlon, K S ^a   Darling, N ^b   Conrey, E J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; NEGRO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST FEEDING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645285939     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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