Academic Pediatrics
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 10-11 , January 2010

How Do We Support Women and Families in Breastfeeding?

  • Alison Volpe Holmes, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Alison Volpe Holmes, MD, MPH, Concord Hospital/Dartmouth Medical School, Community and Family Medicine, 1 Wildemere Terrace, Concord, New Hampshire 03301.
    • ,
  • Cynthia R. Howard, MD, MPH

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PII: S1876-2859(09)00304-0

doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.11.003

Academic Pediatrics
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 10-11 , January 2010

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