Assessing midwives' breastfeeding knowledge: Properties of the Newborn Feeding Ability questionnaire and Breastfeeding Initiation Practices scale

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Creedy, Debra K ^a,b   Cantrill, Ruth M ^a   Cooke, Marie ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 44449137656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-3-7     Document Type: Article

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