Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-lpg2g Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-15T21:32:08.273Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

WHO Collaborative studies on breastfeeding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

M. Carballo
M. Carballo
Affiliation:
Maternal and Child Health Unit, World Health Organization, Geneva
Get accessRights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

It is generally acknowledged that the popularity of breast-feeding, expressed in terms of the frequency with which it is taken up, and the length of time it is continued, is declining, and that, especially among populations of the Third World, the implications of this decline for infant health are likely to be serious and far reaching.

Information

Type
II. Breast-feeding
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 9 , supplement S4: Fertility Regulation During Human Lactation , 1977, pp. 83 - 89
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Article purchase

Temporarily unavailable

References

Bain, K. (1948) The incidence of breast-feeding in hospitals in the United States. Pediatrics, 2, 313.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Berman, M.L., Hanson, K. & Hellman, I.L. (1972) Effect of breast-feeding on post-partum menstruation, ovulation and pregnancy in Alaskan Eskimoes. Am. J. Obstet. Gynec. 114, 524.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Douglas, J.W.B. (1950) The extent of breast-feeding in the United Kingdom in 1946 with special reference to the health and survival of children. J. Obstet. Gynaec. Br. Commonw. 57, 355.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Herlitz, G. (1947) The duration of the period of lactation. Acta paediat. Stockh. 34, 234.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Osteria, T. (1973) Lactation and post-partum amenorrhoea in a rural community. Acta med. philipp. 9, 144.Google Scholar
Petros-Barvazian, A. (1975) Maternal and child health and breast-feeding. In: Modern Problems in Paediatrics, Vol. 15, p. 155. Karger, Basle.Google Scholar
Plank, S.S. & Milanesi, M.L. (1973) Infant feeding and infant mortality in Chile. Bull. Wld Hlth Org. 48, 203.Google Scholar
Puffer, R.R. & Serrano, C.V. (1973) Patterns of Mortality in Childhood. Pan American Health Organization Scientific Publication No. 262. Washington, DC.Google Scholar
Rosa, T.W. (1975) The Role of Breast-feeding in Family Planning. Protein Advisory Group Bulletin, UN, New York.Google Scholar
Schaefer, O. (1971) When the Eskimo comes to town. Nutr. Today, 6, 8.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Van Ginneken, J.K. (1974) Prolonged breast-feeding as a birth spacing method. Stud. Fam. Plann. 5, 201.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed