Got milk? A look at breastfeeding from an African American perspective

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 544-546

  Asiodu, Ifeyinwa ^a   Flaskerud, Jacquelyn H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960679031     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840.2010.544842     Document Type: Review

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