Questioning current definitions for breastfeeding research

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Noel Weiss, Joy ^a   Boersma, Sonya ^a   Kujawa Myles, Sonya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Breastfeeding; Definitions; Duration; Exclusivity; Expressing; Pumping; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864804716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-7-9     Document Type: Note

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