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Factors influencing the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among nursing mothers in a peri-urban district of Ghana

BACKGROUND: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is one of the optimal infant and young child feeding practices. Globally, <40% of infants under 6 months of age are exclusively breastfed. In Ghana, 63% of children <6 months are exclusively breastfed which is far less than the 100% recommended by the...

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Autores principales:	Mensah, Kofi Akohene, Acheampong, Enoch, Anokye, Francis Owusu, Okyere, Paul, Appiah-Brempong, Emmanuel, Adjei, Rose Odotei
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590172/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28882162 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2774-7

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