Breast-feeding and its relation to smoking and mode of delivery.

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Published in Obstet Gynecol on May 01, 2002

Authors

Gabriel M Leung1, Tai Hing Lam, Lai Ming Ho

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Community Medicine, The University of Hong Kong Medical Center, Hong Kong, China. gmleung@hku.hk

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