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Review
. 2008 Apr 19;336(7649):881-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39521.566296.BE.

Breast feeding

Pat Hoddinott  1 , David Tappin, Charlotte Wright
Affiliations
Review

Breast feeding

Pat Hoddinott et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Provenance and peer review: Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

Figures

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Fig 1 Exclusive breastfeeding at 4 months in 1995-2000 (from Unicef data). Data come from different years and different sources, not all of which are comparable
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Fig 2 Prevalence of breast feeding up to the age of 9 months in 2005
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Fig 3 Positioning and attachment of the baby on the breast. Adapted, with permission, from the Unicef UK baby friendly initiative
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