Teething myths among nursing mothers in a Nigerian community
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منابع مشابه
A Guide to Nursing Mothers
some simple directions for their treatment, the whole interpersed with occasional scraps of poetry. " Regular washing of the body is," we are told "indispensable for nursing mothers in order to keep the pores of the skin perfectly clean." "Children should be strictly prohibited from using wine, beer or brandy, which is productive of serious derangement. There is an instance where the bowels of ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nigerian Medical Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0300-1652
DOI: 10.4103/0300-1652.110042