Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 243-251 , September 2006

The effect of employment status on breastfeeding in the United States

Received 27 September 2005 ,Revised 9 August 2006 ,Accepted 11 August 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.08.001

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 243-251 , September 2006

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