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Influence of Parental Mental Health on Early Termination of Breast-Feeding: a Case-Control Study
Olga Garcia Falceto, Elsa R. J. Giugliani and Carmen Luiza C. Fernandes
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice May 2004, 17 (3) 173-183; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.3.173
Olga Garcia Falceto
Elsa R. J. Giugliani
Carmen Luiza C. Fernandes

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Influence of Parental Mental Health on Early Termination of Breast-Feeding: a Case-Control Study
Olga Garcia Falceto, Elsa R. J. Giugliani, Carmen Luiza C. Fernandes
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice May 2004, 17 (3) 173-183; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.3.173
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