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Breast Feeding Policy, Promotion and Practice in Europe. Results of a Survey with Non-governmental Organizations

Angus Nicoll Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London NW9 5EQ; Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH
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Beatrice Thayaparan Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London NW9 5EQ
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Marie-Louise Newell Department of Paediatric Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Child Health, Guilford Street, London WC1N 1EH
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Patti Rundall Baby Milk Action, 23 St Andrews Street, Cambridge CB2 3AX, UK
Pages 255-264 | Published online: 13 Jul 2009

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