Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 84-92 , March 2007

Increasing Breastfeeding Rates: Do Changing Demographics Explain Them?

  • Alison Jacknowitz, PhD, MPP

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Alison Jacknowitz, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20016.

Received 20 July 2006 ,Revised 15 February 2007 ,Accepted 23 February 2007.

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PII: S1049-3867(07)00035-7

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.02.010

Women's Health Issues
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 84-92 , March 2007

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