Breast feeding, birth spacing and their effects on child survival

S Thapa; R V Short; M Potts

doi:10.1038/335679a0

Breast feeding, birth spacing and their effects on child survival

Nature. 1988 Oct 20;335(6192):679-82. doi: 10.1038/335679a0.

Authors

S Thapa¹, R V Short, M Potts

Affiliation

¹ Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.

PMID: 3173491
DOI: 10.1038/335679a0

Abstract

It has long been known that breast feeding inhibits female fertility and that it is a factor in restricting population growth. But just how important is it?

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Birth Intervals*
Breast Feeding*
Contraception
Developing Countries
Female
Fertility
Humans
Lactation
Mortality
Population Growth
Pregnancy