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Dal water as weaning food: A common but inappropriate practice

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Maulana Azad Medical College, Geeta Colony, New Delhi-31, India

    Bhavna Dhingra, Devendra Mishra & Prem Arora

  2. Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200, First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, USA

    Kanishtha Agarwal

  3. School of Public Health Department of Community Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India

    J. S. Thakur

  4. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Soheila Zareifar & Maryam Sharifian

  5. Department of Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India

    Rahul Naithani & M. Mahapatra

  6. AD-7, Devi Marg, Bani Park, Jaipur, 302 016, India

    Yash Paul

  7. 163, Sahyog Apartments Mayur Vihar, Phase-I, Delhi, 110091, India

    D. Mishra, M. Sethi & M. Mantan

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Dhingra, B., Mishra, D., Arora, P. et al. Dal water as weaning food: A common but inappropriate practice. Indian J Pediatr 74, 962–967 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-007-0180-1

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