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CULTURAL COMPETENCE COLUMN

Got Milk? A Look at Breastfeeding from an African American Perspective

Ifeyinwa AsioduUniversity of California—San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, RN, BSN &
Jacquelyn H. Flaskerud Edited byUniversity of California—Los Angeles, School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, USA
, RN, PhD, FAAN
Pages 544-546 | Published online: 19 Jul 2011

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