Breastfeeding Practices among Poor Women in Mesoamerica
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Breastfeeding Practices among Poor Women in Mesoamerica.
BACKGROUND Breastfeeding is an effective intervention to reduce pediatric morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of practices and predictors of breastfeeding among the poor in Mesoamerica has not been well described. OBJECTIVES We estimated the prevalence of ever breastfeeding, early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, and breastfeeding between 6 mo and 2 y of age using hou...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Nutrition
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0022-3166,1541-6100
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.213736