A barrier to exclusive breastfeeding for wic enrollees: Limited use of exclusive breastfeeding food package for mothers

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-30

  Holmes, Alison Volpe ^a,b   Chin, Nancy P ^c   Kaczorowski, Jeffery ^d   Howard, Cindy R ^d  

^a ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST MILK; BREAST PUMP; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LACTATION; MOTHER; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MOTHER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MOTHERS; NEW YORK; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; WOMEN, WORKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749090886     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2008.0110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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