Open AccessHealth Consequences of Breast-feeding
Author(s) -
Gabriel M. Leung,
TaiHing Lam,
LaiMing Ho,
YuLung Lau
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/01.ede.0000158740.30516.ae
Subject(s) - medicine , breast feeding , odds ratio , pediatrics , confidence interval , jaundice , population , cohort study , obstetrics , environmental health
The evidence on whether breast-feeding reduces health services use in nonwhite infants is scant. We examined the effects of breast-feeding on health services utilization in Hong Kong Chinese infants.