Breastfeeding practices in urban Riyadh

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-117

  Al Ayed, Ibrahim H ^a   Qureshi, M Irfan ^b  

^a Sheikh Bahamdan Research Chair of Evidence based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031891131     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/44.2.113     Document Type: Article

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