Breast-feeding and weight change in newborns in Jamaica

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-27

  Jolly, P E ^a,c   Humphrey, M ^a   Irons, B Y ^b   Campbell Forrester, S ^b   Weiss, H L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Infants; Newborns; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033631488     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2214.2000.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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