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Vol. 89. Issue 2.
Pages 109-111 (March - April 2013)
Vol. 89. Issue 2.
Pages 109-111 (March - April 2013)
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Breastfeeding in the first hour of life protects against neonatal mortality
Aleitamento materno na primeira hora de vida protege contra mortalidade neonatal
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Wendy H. Oddy
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PhD, Professor, Principal Research Fellow, Division of Population Sciences, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, West Perth, Australia
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Please, cite this article as: Oddy WH. Breastfeeding in the first hour of life protects against neonatal mortality. J Pediatr (Rio J). 2013;89:109–11.

See paper by Boccolini CS et al. in pages 131–6.

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