"lost milk?": Counting the economic value of breast milk in gross domestic product

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 537-546

  Smith, J P ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; breastfeeding; breastfeeding benefits; cost savings; cost benefit analysis; government policy; milk banking; Norway; United States

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BABY FOOD; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COST; ECONOMICS; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORWAY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NORWAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885452921     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334413494827     Document Type: Article

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