A call for clarity in infant breast and bottle-feeding definitions for research

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 627-634

  Thulier, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Categories; Definitions; Infant feeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149310080     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2010.01197.x     Document Type: Article

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