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Research

Infant feeding practices of teenage mothers attending a well-baby clinic in a public hospital in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Pages 14-19 | Received 23 Nov 2016, Accepted 30 May 2017, Published online: 31 Jul 2017

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