Infant and young child feeding: A key area to improve child health

International Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1083-1092

  Moghaddam, Habibolah Taghizade ^a   Khademi, Gholamreza ^a   Abbasi, Maryam Ajilian ^b   Saeidi, Masumeh ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Child Health; Infant; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015873515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23455055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22038/ijp.2015.5603     Document Type: Review

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