Open AccessHow exclusive is exclusive breastfeeding? A comparison of data since birth with current status data
Author(s) -
Clara Aarts,
Elisabeth Kylberg,
Agneta Hörnell,
Y Hofvander,
M GebreMedhin,
Ted Greiner
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/29.6.1041
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , medicine , demography , longitudinal study , longitudinal data , pediatrics , pathology , sociology
There is no accepted and widely used indicator for exclusive breastfeeding since birth. Indeed, the difference between 'current status' data on exclusive breastfeeding and data on 'exclusive breastfeeding since birth' is rarely recognized. We used data from a longitudinal study to examine this issue.
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