Do state breastfeeding laws in the USA promote breast feeding

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 250-256

  Hawkins, Summer Sherburne ^a   Stern, Ariel Dora ^b   Gillman, Matthew W ^c  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; BREASTFEEDING; LATINO PEOPLE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LAW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUCTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE GOVERNMENT; SUCTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875079075     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201619     Document Type: Article

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