Breastfeeding-related maternity practices at hospitals and birth centers - United States, 2007

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 57, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 621-625

  DiGirolamo, A M ^a   Manninen, D L ^b   Cohen, J H ^b   Shealy, K R ^c   Murphy, P E ^c   MacGowan, C A ^c   Sharma, A J ^c   Scanlon, K S ^c   Grummer Strawn, L M ^c   Dee, D L ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d CDC ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MATERNITY WARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIRTHING CENTERS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45749134311     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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