Impact of education and provision of complementary feeding on growth and morbidity in children less than 2 years of age in developing countries: a systematic review.

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Published in BMC Public Health on September 17, 2013

Authors

Zohra S Lassi, Jai K Das, Guleshehwar Zahid, Aamer Imdad, Zulfiqar A Bhutta

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Evaluate Bundling of Nutrition Interventions | NCT02768181

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