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Breastfeeding practices within the first six months of age in mid-western and eastern regions of Nepal: a health facility-based cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization recommends initiation of breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth and exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months of age. Infant feeding practices, including suboptimal breastfeeding practices, are associated with stunting. Rate of stunting was highest in the Mid-wes...

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Autores principales: Dharel, Dinesh, Dhungana, Ranjan, Basnet, Sushma, Gautam, Swotantra, Dhungana, Animesh, Dudani, Rajesh, Bhattarai, Asmita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6990469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32000701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-2754-0