Breastfeeding and WIC enrollment in the nurse family partnership program

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-149

  Bunik, Maya ^a,b   Krebs, Nancy F ^a   Beaty, Brenda ^a   McClatchey, Maureen ^b   Olds, David L ^a,b  

^a Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349221131     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2008.0140     Document Type: Article

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