Impact of breastfeeding on weight gain and incidence of diarrhea among low birth weight infants of an urban slum of Calcutta

Indian Pediatr. 2001 Apr;38(4):381-4.

Authors

D Sur¹, S K Mondal, D N Gupta, S Ghosh, B Manna, P G Sengupta

Affiliation

¹ Division of Epidemiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, C.I.T. Road, Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Calcutta 700010, India. niced@cal2.vsnl.net.in

PMID: 11313509

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Analysis of Variance
Breast Feeding / statistics & numerical data*
Case-Control Studies
Child Development / physiology*
Cohort Studies
Developing Countries
Diarrhea / diagnosis
Diarrhea / epidemiology*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
India / epidemiology
Infant
Infant, Low Birth Weight*
Infant, Newborn
Logistic Models
Male
Rural Population
Weight Gain*