Current state of US breastfeeding laws

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 350-358

  Nguyen, Thu T ^a   Hawkins, Summer Sherburne ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Public policy; State government

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; INFANT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MOTHER; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MOTHERS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84879030627     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2011.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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