Breastfeeding patterns in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil: a survey of reasons for weaning Padrões de amamentação em Rio Branco, Acre, Brasil: um estudo sobre fatores associados com o desmame
This paper presents a preliminary profile of infant feeding practices in a peri-urban Amazonian community. A random sample of 180 households with at least one child under the age of five years were interviewed in 1996 as part of a maternal-child health survey conducted in a peri-urban neighborhood i...
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Language: | English |
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
2004-12-01
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Series: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2004000600038 |