Gender differences in knowledge and attitude regarding breastfeeding

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-351

  Chang, Yunhee ^a   Valliant, Melinda ^a   Bomba, Anne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Breastfeeding; Gender; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867385379     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2010.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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