Is breast truly best? Estimating the effects of breastfeeding on long-term child health and wellbeing in the United States using sibling comparisons
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.027
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Breastfeeding; Child health; Race; Socioeconomic status; Life course epidemiology; Sibling comparisons;All these keywords.
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