Breast-feeding Performance Index: a composite index to describe overall breast-feeding performance among infants under 6 months of age
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Breast-feeding Performance Index: a composite index to describe overall breast-feeding performance among infants under 6 months of age.
OBJECTIVES To develop a composite index to describe the overall breast-feeding performance of infants<6 months of age; and, using this index, to identify the factors associated with poor breast-feeding practices and the association between breast-feeding and infant morbidity. DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS The 2003 Demographic and Health Survey was a multi-stage cluster sample survey of 4320 ho...
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عنوان ژورنال: Public Health Nutrition
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1368-9800,1475-2727
DOI: 10.1017/s1368980007441428