Knowledge and attitude of school teachers regarding breast-feeding

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-107

  Arif, M A ^a,b   Mehdi, Zafar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH   (Pakistan)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Breast feeding; Knowledge; School teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144474998     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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