Feeding by numbers: An ethnographic study of how breastfeeding women understand their babies' weight charts

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sachs, Magda ^a,b   Dykes, Fiona ^a   Carter, Bernie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b The Breastfeeding Network   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34248362443     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-1-29     Document Type: Article

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