Breast-feeding initiation and exclusive duration at 6 months by social class--results from the Millennium Cohort Study.
Objectives: To assess breast-feeding initiation and rates of exclusive breast-feeding for the first 6 months after birth, and to examine social class differences in breast-feeding rates.Design: First sweep of a longitudinal population-based survey, the Millennium Cohort Study.Setting: Four countries...
| Publicado en: | Public Health Nutrition Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 417 - 422 |
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Cambridge University Press
Jun2005
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