Poisonous milk and sinful mothers: The changing meaning of breastfeeding in the wake of the HIV epidemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Koricho, Absera T ^a   Moland, Karen M ^b   Blystad, Astrid ^c  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 77958149415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-5-12     Document Type: Article

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