Increasing breastfeeding rates to reduce infant illness at the community level

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 837-844

  Wright, Anne L ^a   Bauer, Mark ^b   Naylor, Audrey ^c   Sutcliffe, Emily ^d   Clark, Larry ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dine College   (United States)

^c Wellstart International   (United States)

^d Navajo Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Causality; Gastroenteritis; Health promotion; Infant illness; Infection; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT NUTRITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BREAST FEEDING; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT; NEW MEXICO; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031947321     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.101.5.837     Document Type: Article

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