'The best thing for the baby': Mothers' concepts and experiences related to promoting their infants' health and development

Health, Risk and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 637-651

  Lupton, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

infant body; infant development; infant health; mothers; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84859123388     PISSN: 13698575     EISSN: 14698331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2011.624179     Document Type: Article

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