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Is Expressed Breast Milk From Home Safe? A Survey From a Neonatal Intensive-Care Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kumar R. Pejaver
Affiliation:
NW Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Mustafa A. Toonisi
Affiliation:
NW Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Anil K. Garg
Affiliation:
NW Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Ibrahim Al Hifzi
Affiliation:
NW Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
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Abstract

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Type
Letters to the Editor
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996

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