What does a doctor need to know about breastfeeding and adolescent health and pregnancy?

Leandro Meirelles Nunes^{1

2}, Rossiclei de Souza Pinheiro^{2

3}, Izailza Matos Dantas Lopes^{2

4}, Darci Vieira da Silva Bonetto^{5

6}, Alda Elizabeth Boehler Iglesias Azevedo^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, Medicine School, Department of Pediatrics - Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.
² Pediatric Brazilian Society, Breastfeeding Department Scientific - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
³ Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Medicine School, Maternal and Child Health Department - Manaus (AM), Brazil.
⁴ Santa Isabel Hospital and Maternity, Department of Pediatrics - Aracaju (SE), Brazil.
⁵ Universitario Evangelico Mackenzie Hospital, Department of Pediatrics - Curitiba (PR), Brazil.
⁶ Pediatric Brazilian Society, Adolescent Medicine Department Scientific - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
⁷ Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Medicine School, Department of Pediatrics - Cuiabá (MT), Brazil.

Leandro Meirelles Nunes et al. Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992). 2023.

. 2023 Aug 4;69(suppl 1):e2023S122.

doi: 10.1590/1806-9282.2023S122. eCollection 2023.

Leandro Meirelles Nunes^{1

2}, Rossiclei de Souza Pinheiro^{2

3}, Izailza Matos Dantas Lopes^{2

4}, Darci Vieira da Silva Bonetto^{5

6}, Alda Elizabeth Boehler Iglesias Azevedo^{6

7}

¹ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Graduate Program in Child and Adolescent Health, Medicine School, Department of Pediatrics - Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil.
² Pediatric Brazilian Society, Breastfeeding Department Scientific - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
³ Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Medicine School, Maternal and Child Health Department - Manaus (AM), Brazil.
⁴ Santa Isabel Hospital and Maternity, Department of Pediatrics - Aracaju (SE), Brazil.
⁵ Universitario Evangelico Mackenzie Hospital, Department of Pediatrics - Curitiba (PR), Brazil.
⁶ Pediatric Brazilian Society, Adolescent Medicine Department Scientific - Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil.
⁷ Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Medicine School, Department of Pediatrics - Cuiabá (MT), Brazil.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: the authors declare there is no conflicts of interest.

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