Bed-sharing practices of initially breastfed infants in the first 6 months of life

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-401

  Ball, Helen L ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed sharing; Breastfeeding; Prevalence; Weaning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548809642     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.519     Document Type: Article

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