Selling a service: Experiences of peer supporters while promoting exclusive infant feeding in three sites in South Africa

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nkonki, Lungiswa L ^a,b   Daniels, Karen L ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 77958140423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-5-17     Document Type: Article

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