Journal article
Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality.
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BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding promotion is a key child survival strategy. Although there is an extensive scientific basis for its impact on postneonatal mortality, evidence is sparse for its impact on neonatal mortality. OBJECTIVES: We sought to assess the contribution of the timing of initiation of breastfeeding to any impact. METHODS: This study took advantage of the 4-weekly surveillance system from a large ongoing maternal vitamin A supplementation trial in rural Ghana involving all women of...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Pediatrics
- Volume:
- 117
- Issue:
- 3
- Pages:
- e380-e386
- Publication date:
- 2006-03-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1098-4275
- ISSN:
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0031-4005
- Source identifiers:
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484115
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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- pubs:484115
- Deposit date:
- 2014-09-18
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- 2006
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