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Original Research

Factors that influenced mothers and/or caregivers in the Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa, to purchase infant formula for their infants

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Pages 6-11 | Received 24 Mar 2014, Accepted 25 Oct 2014, Published online: 31 May 2016

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