Breast is best? Reasons why mothers decide to breastfeed or bottlefeed their babies and factors influencing the duration of breastfeeding

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-297

  Sloan, Seaneen ^a   Sneddon, Helga ^a   Stewart, Moira ^b   Iwaniec, Dorota ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Child Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85055308048     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575270600761743     Document Type: Article

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