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- McVeagh,P, 2002, ‘Is breastfeeding best practice?’, Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 177, no. 3 pp.128-129 More information here.
- Breastfeeding and Childhood Asthma, Australian Breastfeeding Association. More information here.
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- Review of public health interventions for asthma, 2004, Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Services Division, Victorian Government Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Victoria. More information here.
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