EVIDENCE FOR PROTECTION BY BREAST-FEEDING AGAINST INFANT DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN BRAZIL

The Lancet

Volumn 330, Issue 8554, 1987, Pages 319-322

  Victora, CesarG ^a,b   Vaughan, J Patrick ^a,b   Lombardi, Cintia ^a,b   Fuchs, SandraM C ^a,b   Gigante, LucianaP ^a,b   Smith, PeterG ^a,b   Nobre, LeticiaC ^a,b   Teixeira, AnaMariaB ^a,b   Moreira, LeilaB ^a,b   Barros, FernandoC ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLOGY; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CATTLE; CAUSES OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INFECTIONS; MILK; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PULMONARY EFFECTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STUDIES; SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING; WEANING; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; BREAST; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FATALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THERAPY;

AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING--BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CAUSES OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS; HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTIONS; LATIN AMERICA; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PULMONARY EFFECTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDIES; SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CATTLE; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION STUDIES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WEANING;

EID: 0023648232     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(87)90902-0     Document Type: Article

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