Equity in breastfeeding: Where do we go from here?

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 12-14

  Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a   Sellen, Dan ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ADVOCACY;

EID: 84920996980     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334414561062     Document Type: Review

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