Exclusive breast feeding is the strongest predictor of infant survival in Northwest Ethiopia: A longitudinal study

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Biks, Gashaw Andargie ^a   Berhane, Yemane ^b   Worku, Alemayehu ^c   Gete, Yigzaw Kebede ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Infant mortality; Kaplan Meier Survival estimates; Longitudinal study design; Poisson regression

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION POLICY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH;

BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85016300264     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: 20721315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/S41043-015-0007-Z     Document Type: Article

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