Breast feeding, birth spacing and their effects on child survival
Thapa, S.; Short, R.V.; Potts, M.
Nature 335(6192): 679-682
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-0836 PMID: 3173491 DOI: 10.1038/335679a0Document Number: 379119
It has long been known that breast feeding inhibits female fertility and that it is a factor in restricting population growth. But just how important is it?
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