Exclusive breastfeeding should continue to six months

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 148-

  Boland, Margaret ^a  

^a CANADIAN PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; VITAMIN D;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CANADA; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 17644409112     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pch/10.3.148     Document Type: Editorial

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