Infants' Non-Nutritive Sucking Habits and Childhood Obesity
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Association between sociodemographic factors and nutritive and non-nutritive sucking habits among Iranian girls.
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1300-0381,2146-8990
DOI: 10.5336/pediatr.2015-49170