Breastfeeding support for mothers in workplace employment or educational settings: Summary statement

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-142

  Marinelli, Kathleen A ^a   Moren, Kathleen ^a   Taylor, Julie Scott ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; BREAST MILK EXPRESSION; BREAST PUMP; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYER; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; JOB ACCOMMODATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MOTHER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LACTATION; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84873383852     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2013.9999     Document Type: Article

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