Interventions to promote breast-feeding: applying the evidence in clinical practice
Open Access
- 16 March 2004
- journal article
- guideline
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 170 (6) , 976-978
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1031197
Abstract
In this document, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) updates its earlier breast-feeding recommendations[1][1] by presenting evidence on interventions that improve the initiation or duration of breast-feeding (or both). Breast-feeding has been shown in both developing andKeywords
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