Infant feeding and deaths due to diarrhea: A case-control study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 1989, Pages 1032-1041

  Victora, Cesar G ^a   Smith, Peter G ^b   Vaughan, J Patrick ^b   Nobre, Leticia C ^a   Lombardi, Cintia ^a   Teixeira, Ana Maria B ^a   Fuchs, Sandra C ^a   Moreira, Leila B ^a   Gigante, Luciana P ^a   Barros, Fernando C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Diarrhea; Infant food; Infant mortality

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; FATALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

AMERICAS; BIAS; BIOLOGY; BOTTLE FEEDING; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CASE STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DISEASES; ERROR SOURCES; GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS; HEALTH; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT NUTRITION; LATIN AMERICA; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELIABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; STUDIES;

ANIMAL; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK; MILK, HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0024547857     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115207     Document Type: Article

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