The Benefits of Breastfeeding Still Outweigh the Risks of COVID-19 Transmission

Overview

Journal Front Med (Lausanne)

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2021 Sep 27

PMID 34568367

Citations 8

Authors

Fuxing Lou

Hongbo Qin

Shiting He

Maochen Li

Xiaoping An

Lihua Song

Yigang Tong

Huahao Fan

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