SymposiumFootnote†

This is the sixth in a series of articles entitled Symposium on Infant Care and Feeding in Oceania.

: Wage employment and infant feeding: A Papua New Guinea caseFootnote‡

The study was conducted while the author was a Research Associate at the PNG Institute for Applied Social and Economic Research in Port Moresby. This investigation received financial support from the World Health Organization.

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