Breast milk expression among formally employed women in urban and rural Malaysia: A qualitative study

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ismail, Tengku Alina T ^a   Sulaiman, Zaharah ^a,b   Jalil, Rohana ^a   Muda, Wan Manan W ^c   Man, Nik Normanieza N ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast milk expression; Employed; Exclusive breastfeeding; In depth interview; Pumping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866498656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-7-11     Document Type: Article

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