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Funded by an Aim High Summer Research Grant in the Gordon Ford College of Business, Western Kentucky University. The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth is used for this study and is authorized under Title 29, Section 2, of the United States Code. No financial or nonfinancial benefits have been received or will be received from any party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.

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Strow, C.W., Strow, B.K. Season of birth influences on breastfeeding incidence and duration. World J Pediatr 16, 635–636 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-020-00361-5

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