Reliance on Pumped Mother’s Milk Has an Environmental Impact
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Becker, G.; Ryan-Fogarty, Y. Reliance on Pumped Mother’s Milk Has an Environmental Impact. Children 2016, 3, 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/children3030014
Becker G, Ryan-Fogarty Y. Reliance on Pumped Mother’s Milk Has an Environmental Impact. Children. 2016; 3(3):14. https://doi.org/10.3390/children3030014
Chicago/Turabian StyleBecker, Genevieve, and Yvonne Ryan-Fogarty. 2016. "Reliance on Pumped Mother’s Milk Has an Environmental Impact" Children 3, no. 3: 14. https://doi.org/10.3390/children3030014