"She would sit with me": Mothers' experiences of individual peer support for exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nankunda, Jolly ^a,b   Tumwine, James K ^a   Nankabirwa, Victoria ^a,b   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 77958134337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-5-16     Document Type: Article

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