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SUBMITTER: Ambikapathi R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5095788 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ambikapathi Ramya R Kosek Margaret N MN Lee Gwenyth O GO Mahopo Cloupas C Patil Crystal L CL Maciel Bruna L BL Turab Ali A Islam M Munirul MM Ulak Manjeswori M Bose Anuradha A Paredes Olortegui Maribel M Pendergast Laura L LL Murray-Kolb Laura E LE Lang Dennis D McCormick Benjamin J J BJ Caulfield Laura E LE
Maternal & child nutrition 20160808 4
The duration of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is often defined as the time from birth to the first non-breast milk food/liquid fed (EBFLONG), or it is estimated by calculating the proportion of women at a given infant age who EBF in the previous 24 h (EBFDHS). Others have measured the total days or personal prevalence of EBF (EBFPREV), recognizing that although non-EBF days may occur, EBF can be re-initiated for extended periods. We compared breastfeeding metrics in the MAL-ED study; infants' br ...[more]