Effect of not breastfeeding on the risk of diarrheal and respiratory mortality in children under 2 years of age in Metro Cebu, the Philippines

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1142-1148

  Yoon, Paula W ^a   Black, Robert E ^a   Moulton, Lawrence H ^a   Becker, Stan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

birth weight; breast feeding; diarrhea; malnutrition; mortality; nutritional status; respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DIARRHEA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029977882     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008692     Document Type: Article

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