Infant feeding patterns and risks of death and hospitalization in the first half of infancy: multicentre cohort study

OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of different feeding patterns for infants (exclusive breastfeeding, predominant breastfeeding, partial breastfeeding and no breastfeeding) with mortality and hospital admissions during the first half of infancy. METHODS: This paper is based on a secondary anal...

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Main Authors: Rajiv Bahl, Chris Frost, Betty R. Kirkwood, Karen Edmond, Jose Martines, Nita Bhandari, Paul Arthur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2005-06-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862005000600009&lng=en&tlng=en