Physician mothers: An unlikely high risk group-call for action

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-39

  Sattari, Maryam ^a   Levine, David ^a   Serwint, Janet R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL LEAVE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WORK RESUMPTION;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT CARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76449102363     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2008.0132     Document Type: Review

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