Breastfeeding and the cultural configuration of social space among Vietnamese immigrant woman

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 516-526

  Groleau, Danielle ^a   Soulière, Margot ^a   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Culture; Immigration; Narrative; Space; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; CULTURAL RELATIONS; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CANADA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MILK; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RITUAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIET NAM;

ASIA; CANADA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33745237671     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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