Breastfeeding during the first hour of life and neonatal mortality

Objective: To analyze the correlation between breastfeeding in the first hour of life with neonatal mortality rates. Methods: The present study used secondary data from 67 countries, obtained from the Demographic and Health Surveys. Initially, for data analysis, Spearman Correlation (95% CI) and Ker...

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Main Authors: Cristiano Siqueira Boccolini, Márcia Lazaro de Carvalho, Maria Inês Couto de Oliveira, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-03-01
Series:Jornal de Pediatria
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755713000223