Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 17-25 , January 2009

Reasons for Prolonged Bottle-Feeding and Iron Deficiency Among Mexican-American Toddlers: An Ethnographic Study

Received 11 March 2008 ,Accepted 18 October 2008.

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 Presented in part at the annual meetings of the Pediatric Academic Societies on May 6, 2007, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and American Association of Physical Anthropologists on April 12, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio.

PII: S1876-2859(08)00256-8

doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2008.10.005

Academic Pediatrics
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 17-25 , January 2009

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