Breastfeeding at 6 Months and Effects on Infections

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 551-556

  Chye, J K ^a   Lim, C T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Ethnicity; Infant; Infection; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032247880     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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