Early cessation of breastfeeding amongst women in South Africa: an area needing urgent attention to improve child health

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Doherty, Tanya ^a,b   Sanders, David ^b   Jackson, Debra ^b,h   Swanevelder, Sonja ^a   Lombard, Carl ^a   Zembe, Wanga ^a   Chopra, Mickey ^c   Goga, Ameena ^a   Colvin, Mark ^f   Fadnes, Lars T ^d   Engebretsen, Ingunn M S ^d,g   Ekström, Eva Charlotte ^e,h   Tylleskär, Thorkild ^d,h   Van de Perre, Philippe ^h   Meda, Nicolas ^h   Tumwine, James K ^h   Kankasa, Chipepo ^h  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f Maromi Health Research   (South Africa)

^g HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH; BREAST FEEDING; BREASTFEEDING CESSATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCOME; INFANT FEEDING; LIQUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUERPERIUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84866333033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-105     Document Type: Article

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