Scaling up breastfeeding in developing countries

The Lancet

Volumn 378, Issue 9789, 2011, Pages 378-380

  Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a   Labbok, Miriam ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NOTE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 79960923803     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)60897-0     Document Type: Note

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