Breastfeeding and lactation research: exploring a tool to measure infant feeding patterns
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Breastfeeding and lactation research: exploring a tool to measure infant feeding patterns
BACKGROUND Infant feeding categories, often referred to as breastfeeding definitions, form the basis to describe infant feeding patterns; especially, breastfeeding duration and degree of breastfeeding exclusivity. Researchers use a variety of algorithms and no validated tool exists to measure feeding patterns for research purposes. The goal of this research project was to develop and test a too...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Breastfeeding Journal
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1746-4358
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-9-5