Will introducing the new World Health Organization growth reference to Australia reduce breastfeeding rates: Why not a randomised controlled trial first?

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-349

  Binns, Colin ^a   Lee, Mi Kyung ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; growth reference; randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; COMMUNITY CARE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REFERENCE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REFERENCE VALUES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84859575106     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02239.x     Document Type: Review

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