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TASMANIAN INFANT FEEDING SURVEY
Author(s) -
Coy J. F.,
Lewis I. C.,
Hair C. H.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb87344.x
Subject(s) - infant feeding , incidence (geometry) , breast feeding , infant nutrition , medicine , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , population , research methodology , physics , sociology , optics
Information concerning infant feeding practices was collected from all the child health centres in Tasmania. Child health sisters interviewed 547 mothers whose babies were born between March 31 and April 27, 1969. The results were compared particularly with a 1952 survey, and showed a continuing decline in the incidence of breast feeding and a changing pattern in artificial feeding.