Impact of policy changes on infant feeding decisions among low-income Women participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2269-2273

  Whaley, Shannon E ^a   Koleilat, Maria ^a   Whaley, Mike ^a   Gomez, Judy ^a   Meehan, Karen ^a   Saluja, Kiran ^a  

^a PHFE WIC Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BREAST FEEDING; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; POVERTY;

EID: 84869191691     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300770     Document Type: Article

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