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Child feeding practices in a rural Western Kenya community

BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is nearly universal in Kenya. However, supplementation of breast milk starts too early, thereby exposing the infants to diarrhoea and other infections. Despite the recom-mendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) of exclusive breastfeeding (EB) from birth to six month...

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Autor principal:	Mbagaya, Grace M.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS OpenJournals 2009
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4565932/ http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v1i1.15

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