On the occasion of the world breastfeeding week: The promotion of breastfeeding in the I.R. Iran

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 520-521

  Marandi, Seyyed Alireza ^a,b,c   Ezzeddin Zanjani, Nahid ^c  

^a Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Iranian Breastfeeding Promotion Society   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; BREAST MILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD HEALTH; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; IRAN; LABOR STAGE; MARKETING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; ROOMING IN; SURVIVAL RATE; WORKING MOTHER;

EID: 84865100266     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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