Influence of the support offered to breastfeeding by maternity hospitals

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether the support offered by maternity hospitals is associated with higher prevalences of exclusive and predominant breastfeeding. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study including a representative sample of 916 infants less than six months who were born in maternity...

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Main Authors: Adriana Passanha, Maria Helena D'Aquino Benício, Sônia Isoyama Venâncio, Márcia Cristina Guerreiro dos Reis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-01-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102015000100310&lng=en&tlng=en