Peer Support and Exclusive Breastfeeding Duration in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Sudfeld, Christopher R ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a   Lahariya, Chandrakant ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEEDING; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; PEER COUNSELING; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PEER GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866507777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045143     Document Type: Review

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