Paid maternity leave and its impact on breastfeeding in the United States: An historic, economic, political, and social perspective

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-44

  Calnen, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PARENTAL LEAVE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248597546     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2006.0023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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