When to wean? How good is the evidence for six months' exclusive breastfeeding

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7790, 2011, Pages 209-212

  Fewtrell, Mary ^a   Wilson, David C ^b   Booth, Ian ^c   Lucas, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WEANING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78751696832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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