Ensuring breastfeeding equity has promise to help equalize early childhood development

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Cecília Tomori. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2025 Jul-Aug.

. 2025 Jul-Aug;101(4):479-481.

doi: 10.1016/j.jped.2025.06.001. Epub 2025 Jun 27.

¹ Johns Hopkins School of Nursing and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA. Electronic address: ctomori1@jh.edu.

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Conflicts of interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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