Racial/ethnic disparities in public opinion about breastfeeding: The 1999-2000 healthstyles surveys in the United States

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 554, Issue , 2004, Pages 287-291

  Li, Ruowei ^a   Fridinger, Fred ^a   Grummer Strawn, Laurence ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BREAST FEEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644279351     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-4242-8_24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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