"I'm happy to be able to help:" Why women donate milk to a peer via internet-based milk sharing networks

Breastfeeding Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 251-256

  Gribble, Karleen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BABY; BREAST MILK EXPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MOTIVATION; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNRELATED DONORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARDS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNET; MALE; MILK BANKS; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PEER GROUP; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84902293339     PISSN: 15568253     EISSN: 15568342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2014.0009     Document Type: Article

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