Optimal breastfeeding practices and infant and child mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-13

  Sankar, Mari Jeeva ^a   Sinha, Bireshwar ^b   Chowdhury, Ranadip ^b   Bhandari, Nita ^b   Taneja, Sunita ^b   Martines, Jose ^c   Bahl, Rajiv ^d  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

breastfeeding; child; infant; meta analysis; mortality; newborn

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT MORTALITY; MALARIA; MEASLES; NEWBORN SEPSIS; PNEUMONIA; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AFRICA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BREAST FEEDING; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LATIN AMERICA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84947292648     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.13147     Document Type: Review

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