Using the postnatal period to help reduce obesity: The midwife's role

British Journal of Midwifery

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 418-423

  Keating, Nicola Carmel ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79960095207     PISSN: 09694900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2011.19.7.418     Document Type: Article

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