Rapid epidemiologic assessment of breastfeeding practices: Probit analysis of current status data

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-53

  Ferreira, M U ^a   Cardoso, M A ^a,b   Santos, A L S ^c   Ferreira, C S ^a   Szarfarc, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria de Estado da Saude   (Brazil)

^c Fund Assistencia Infancia S Andre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030052922     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.1.50     Document Type: Article

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