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Unknown breastfeeding rates among Traveller women in Ireland: a systems failure to collect, record and report

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Fallon, A. Unknown breastfeeding rates among Traveller women in Ireland: a systems failure to collect, record and report. Ir J Med Sci 189, 967–968 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-019-02159-5

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