Health, morality, and infant feeding: British mothers' experiences of formula milk use in the early weeks

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1075-1090

  Lee, Ellie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Health; Infant formula milk; Morality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORALITY; MOTHER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTHERS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37349102451     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2007.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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