Breastfeeding and baby-friendly hospital initiative: More important and with more evidence than ever

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-101

  Labbok, Miriam H ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES;

EID: 34147181778     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1606     Document Type: Editorial

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