The association of couples' relationship status and quality with breastfeeding initiation

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1107-1117

  Gibson Davis, Christina M ^a   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Duke University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Family structure; Fragile families; Motherhood; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 36048967488     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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