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Exclusive breastfeeding among Saudi mothers: Exposing the substantial gap between knowledge and practice

BACKGROUND: Rates of exclusive breastfeeding are exceedingly low in the Arabic world. This study aims to estimate the local prevalence of, and knowledge about, exclusive breastfeeding in Saudi Arabia. METHOD: This is a cross-sectional survey of mothers of infants aged 6–12 months who attended Taif-b...

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Autor principal: Alsulaimani, Nada Ahmed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6820415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31681646
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_533_19