Physiological weight loss in the breastfed neonate: A systematic review

Open Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Noel Weiss, Joy ^a   Courant, Genevieve ^b   Woodend, A Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

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