Health consequences of breast-feeding: Doctors' visits and hospitalizations during the first 18 months of life in Hong Kong Chinese infants

Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 328-335

  Leung, Gabriel M ^a,b   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Ho, Lai Ming ^a   Lau, Yu Lung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 17844408481     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000158740.30516.ae     Document Type: Article

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