Population health and paid parental leave: What the united states can learn from two decades of research

Healthcare (Switzerland)

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Burtle, Adam ^a   Bezruchka, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant mortality; Low birthweight; Maternity leave; Parental leave; Paternity leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016428262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/healthcare4020030     Document Type: Article

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