Use of new World Health Organization child growth standards to assess how infant malnutrition relates to breastfeeding and mortality
Author: Vesel L. et al
Year: 2010
Resource type: Article
Bull World Health Organ.88(1):39-48. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2802434/
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Vesel L. et al (2010). Use of new World Health Organization child growth standards to assess how infant malnutrition relates to breastfeeding and mortality. www.ennonline.net/whogrowthstandardsinfantmalnutrition
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