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. 2020 Oct;40(10):1459-1461.
doi: 10.1038/s41372-020-0738-6. Epub 2020 Jul 13.

Covid-19 and breastfeeding: what's the risk?

Ivan L Hand  1 , Lawrence Noble  2
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Covid-19 and breastfeeding: what's the risk?

Ivan L Hand et al. J Perinatol. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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