Black women's experience of breastfeeding: A focus group's perspective

Journal of Multicultural Nursing and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-27

  McCarter Spaulding, Deborah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Ethnicity; Qualitative research; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247208045     PISSN: 15268233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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