The latest on bed sharing and breastfeeding

Community Practitioner

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-31

  Ball, Helen ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bed sharing; Breastfeeding; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867205745     PISSN: 14622815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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