The Effect of Exclusive Breastfeeding on Development and Incidence of Infection in Infants
- 1 March 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Human Lactation
- Vol. 12 (1) , 27-30
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089033449601200107
Abstract
Of 145 normal fullterm infants studied during the first year after birth, those exclusively breastfed for the first four months differed significantly from those not exclusively breastfed in physical and behavioral development, and resistance to infec tion. At four months of age, the mean weight of the exclusively breastfed group was higher (pJHL 12:27-30, 1996.Keywords
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