Culture and caregivers: Factors influencing breastfeeding among mothers in West Belfast, Northern Ireland

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-179

  Bishop, Hilary ^a   Cousins, Wendy ^a   Casson, Karen ^a   Moore, Anne ^a  

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EID: 41049089446     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575270701868785     Document Type: Article

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