Weaning

References

Citations

1. Health Canada (2004). Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration. 2004 Health Canada Recommendation. Available online: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/nutrition/child-enfant/infant-nourisson/excl_bf_dur-dur_am_excl_e.html.

2. Boland M (2005). Exclusive breastfeeding should continue six months. Paediatrics and Child Health, 10(3): 148.

3. American Academy of Pediatrics (1997). Breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Pediatrics, 100(6): 1035–1039.

4. Eiger MS (2001). Weaning section in Feeding of infants and children. In RA Hoekelman et al., eds., Primary Pediatric Care, 4th ed., p. 196. St. Louis: Mosby.

Other Works Consulted

• Griffin IJ, et al. (2001). Iron and breastfeeding. Pediatric Clinics of North America, 48(2): 401–413.

• Hoffman DR, et al. (2003). Visual function in breast-fed term infants weaned to formula with or without long-chain polyunsaturates at 4 to 6 months: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Pediatrics, 142: 669–677.

• Krebs NF, et al. (2005). Infant feeding section of Normal childhood nutrition and its disorders. In WW Hay et al., eds., Current Pediatric Diagnosis and Treatment, 17th ed., chap. 10, pp. 299–304. New York: McGraw-Hill.

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