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Exclusive breastfeeding in Sri Lanka: problems of interpretation of reported rates

Accurate interpretation of reported breastfeeding rates is essential in understanding the true picture of a country's breastfeeding status. In Sri Lanka, where the reported exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rate among infants aged from 0 to 5 months is 75%, accurate understanding of this rate is of...

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Autores principales:	Agampodi, Suneth B, Agampodi, Thilini C, de Silva, Avanthi
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2009
Materias:	Commentary
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2789039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19941654 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4358-4-14

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