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Weaning in Britain: Practice, policy and problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2008

Brian A. Wharton
Brian A. Wharton
Affiliation:
British Nutrition Foundation, High Holborn House, 52–54 High Holborn, London WC1V 6RQ
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Symposium on ‘The weaning process’
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Proceedings of the Nutrition Society , Volume 56 , Issue 1A , March 1997 , pp. 105 - 119
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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