Local resource enhancement and sex-biased breastfeeding in a Caribbean community

Current Anthropology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 471-480

  Quinlan, Robert J ^a   Quinlan, Marsha B ^a   Flinn, Mark V ^a   Quinlan, M ^b   Quinlan, R ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 33746611057     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430017     Document Type: Review

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