Weaning practices among breastfeeding women who weaned prior to six months postpartum

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 374-380

  Neighbors, Katie A ^a   Gillespie, Brenda ^b   Schwartz, Kendra ^c   Foxman, Betsy ^d,e  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 56849098399     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334403257803     Document Type: Article

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