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Original articles: Living with risk in late modern society

Living with risk in the age of ‘intensive motherhood’: Maternal identity and infant feeding

Pages 467-477 | Received 11 Sep 2007, Accepted 02 Oct 2007, Published online: 21 Oct 2008

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