Exclusive Breastfeeding Reduces Acute Respiratory Infection and Diarrhea Deaths Among Infants in Dhaka Slums

El Arifeen, Shams; E. Black, Robert; Antelman, Gretchen; H Baqui, Abdullah; E. Caulfield, Laura; Becker, Stan

doi:10.1542/peds.108.4.e67

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Exclusive Breastfeeding Reduces Acute Respiratory Infection and Diarrhea Deaths Among Infants in Dhaka Slums

Published in PEDIATRICS • Oct 1, 2001

Authors:

Shams El Arifeen

Robert E. Black

Gretchen Antelman

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To describe breastfeeding practices and investigate the influence of exclusive breastfeeding in early infancy on the risk of infant deaths, especially those attributable to respiratory infections (ARI) and diarrhea. METHODS: A prospective observational study was conducted on a birth coho...

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Medicine

Breastfeeding

Diarrhea

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