Race, ethnicity, and breastfeeding

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1742-1743

  Merewood, Anne ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTHPLACE; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; RACE; UNITED STATES;

BREAST FEEDING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750092558     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2161     Document Type: Note

References (5)

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