Effect of early infant feeding practices on infection-specific neonatal mortality: an investigation of the causal links with observational data from rural Ghana

General Info

Geography

Ghana (GHA)

Coverage type

Country

Time period covered

July, 2003 - June, 2004

Data type

Scientific literature: Verbal autopsy

Keywords

Breastfeeding, Infant mortality, Verbal autopsy, Mortality

Citation

Authors

Edmond KM, Kirkwood BR, Amenga-Etego S, Owusu-Agyei S, Hurt LS

Journal

Am J Clin Nutr

Pages

1126-31

Publication year

2007

Suggested citation

Edmond KM, Kirkwood BR, Amenga-Etego S, Owusu-Agyei S, Hurt LS. Effect of early infant feeding practices on infection-specific neonatal mortality: an investigation of the causal links with observational data from rural Ghana. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007; 86(4): 1126-31.