International code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes - Three decades later time for hostilities to be replaced by effective national and international governance

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 769-770

  Forsyth, Stewart ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INTERNET; MARKETING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOTTLE FEEDING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARKETING;

EID: 77957348283     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.187294     Document Type: Short Survey

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3. World Health Organisation. International code of marketing of breast milk substitutes. Geneva: WHO, 1981.
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