Racial/ethnic differences in breastfeeding initiation and duration among low-income inner-city mothers

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1251-1271

  Lee, Helen J ^a   Elo, Irma T ^b   McCollum, Kelly F ^c   Culhane, Jennifer F ^c  

^a PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350166763     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2009.00656.x     Document Type: Article

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