Impact estimates of breastfeeding over infant mortality;Estimativa de impacto da amamentação sobre a mortalidade infantil

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-325

  Loureiro Escuder, Maria Mercedes ^a   Isoyama Venancio, Sonia ^a   Rodrigues Pereira, Julio César ^b  

^a Secretaria de Estado da Saude   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Avoidable death; Breastfeeding; Health promotion; Impact evaluation; Infant mortality; Mortality rate; Nutrition surveys; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PREVENTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

EID: 0037701055     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102003000300009     Document Type: Article

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