"We grandmothers know plenty": breastfeeding, complementary feeding and the multifaceted role of grandmothers in Malawi.

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Social Science & Medicine (1967)

• Publication date

  2008-03-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.SOCSCIMED.2007.11.019PMID 18155334
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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