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Psychosocial determinants of the early introduction.
Tatone-Tokuda F, Dubois L, Girard M. University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Infant feeding guidelines recommend exclusive breast-feeding to the age of 6 months; complementary foods...
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Does not affect growth among infants.
Fischer Walker CL, Baqui AH, Ahmed S, Zaman K, El Arifeen S, Begum N, Yunus M, Black RE, Caulfield LE. Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins...
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The effect of weekly on hemoglobin levels and iron status in adolescent schoolgirls.
Leenstra T, Kariuki SK, Kurtis JD, Oloo AJ, Kager PA, ter Kuile FO. Kenya Medical Research Institute, Centre for Vector Biology and Control Research, Kisumu, Kenya....
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The effect of fish and omega-3 LCPUFA intake on low birth weight in Indian pregnant women.
Muthayya S, Dwarkanath P, Thomas T, Ramprakash S, Mehra R, Mhaskar A, Mhaskar R, Thomas A, Bhat S, Vaz M,Kurpad AV. Division of Nutrition, Maternal...
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Efficacy and safety of twice-weekly administration of three RDAs of iron and folic acid with and without complement of 14 essential micronutrients at one or two RDAs: a placebo-controlled intervention trial in anemic Cambodian infants 6 to 24 months of ag
Schümann K, Longfils P, Monchy D, von Xylander S, Weinheimer H, Solomons NW. Central Institute for Nutrition and Dietary Research, Technical University Munich,...
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Children in a healthy child service.
Custodio VI, Daneluzzi JC, Custodio RJ, Del Ciampo LA, Ferraz IS, Martinelli CE Jr, Ricco RG, Cupo P, Hering SE,Meirelles MS, Vannucchi H. Department...
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Elevated expression of IL-12 and IL-23 in patients with aplastic anemia.
Gu Y, Zhang J, Peng J, Hu X, Xu C. Department of Hematology, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. [email protected] Aplastic anemia (AA), which...
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Association of a summary index of child feeding with of 6-23 months children in urban.
Moursi MM, Trèche S, Martin-Prével Y, Maire B, Delpeuch F. Research Unit 106 Nutrition, Food, Societies (WHO Collaborating Centre for Nutrition), Institut de...
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Individual net-benefit maximization: a model.
Racine EF, Frick K, Guthrie JF, Strobino D. Public Health Sciences, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, USA. [email protected] OBJECTIVES: We use economic theory of...
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CD34, RAB20, PU.1 and GFI1 mRNA expression.
Huh HJ, Chae SL, Lee M, Hong KS, Mun YC, Seong CM, Chung WS, Huh JW. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Dongguk University, College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea....
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Related donor for Fanconi anemia without radiation: a single center experience in Turkey.
Ertem M, Ileri T, Azik F, Uysal Z, Gozdasoglu S. Department of Pediatric Hematology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Dikimevi, Ankara, Turkey. [email protected]...
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Women's lifelong exposure to neighborhood poverty and low birth weight: a population-based study.
Collins JW Jr, Wambach J, David RJ, Rankin KM. Division of Neonatology, Children's Memorial Hospital, 2300 Children's Plaza, #45, Chicago, IL 60614, USA. [email protected]...
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Effect of lactoferrin on enteric pathogens.
Ochoa TJ, Cleary TG. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Lima, Peru. [email protected] Much has been learned in recent years about the...
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Health hazard for infants: A dilemma for mothers exposed to mercury vapours.
Dórea JG. PMID: 18502173 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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The determinants of a community based study.
Tiwari R, Mahajan PC, Lahariya C. Department of Community Medicine, Gajara Raja Medical College, Gwalior, India. The actual rate of Exclusive Breast Feeding (EBF) (up to the age of 6...
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Determinants of low birth weight in urban Pakistan.
Janjua NZ, Delzell E, Larson RR, Meleth S, Kristensen S, Kabagambe E, Sathiakumar N. Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665...
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Prevalence and risk factors for on admission in Nigerian.
Ogunlesi TA, Ogunfowora OB, Ogundeyi MM. Department of Pediatrics, Neonatal Unit, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Nigeria. BACKGROUND: Hypothermia is a major...
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Healthy start program and evaluation of program effectiveness.
Salihu HM, Mbah AK, Jeffers D, Alio AP, Berry L. Center for Research and Evaluation, Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, University of South...
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Association with anemia among adolescent girls.
Van Nhien N, Yabutani T, Khan NC, Khanh le NB, Ninh NX, Chung le TK, Motonaka J, Nakaya Y. Department of Nutrition and Metabolism, Graduate School of Nutrition...
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Feeding and nutritional characteristics of infants.
Magezi SR, Kikafunda J, Whitehead R. Department of Food Science and Technology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. [email protected] OBJECTIVES: To compare feeding and...
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An economic analysis of anemia prevention during infancy.
Shaker M, Jenkins P, Ullrich C, Brugnara C, Nghiem BT, Bernstein H. Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: To...
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Effects of psychosocial stimulation on growth and development of severely malnourished children in a nutrition unit in Bangladesh.
Nahar B, Hamadani JD, Ahmed T, Tofail F, Rahman A, Huda SN, Grantham-McGregor SM. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka,...
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Characterization and differentiation of iron status in anemic very low birth weight infants using a diagnostic nomogram.
Kasper DC, Widness JA, Haiden N, Berger A, Hayde M, Pollak A, Herkner KR. Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,...
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Can we reduce the number of low-birth-weight babies? The Cuban experience.
Lopez NB, Choonara I. Department of Provincial Health, Camaguey, Cuba. Low-birth-weight (LBW) infants have a significantly greater mortality than other babies, not only within the neonatal...
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Evaluation of microcytic anemia.
Jain S, Kamat D. Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA. [email protected] Anemia is defined as a reduction in red blood...
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Exposure of infants to fumonisins in maize-based.
Kimanya ME, De Meulenaer B, Baert K, Tiisekwa B, Van Camp J, Samapundo S, Lachat C, Kolsteren P. Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania....
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A multilevel analysis of individual and community effect.
Uthman OA. Center for Evidence-Based Global Health, Save the Youth Initiative, Nigeria. [email protected] BACKGROUND: Protein energy malnutrition is the second most important cause...
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Urinary tract infection in preterm infants.
Levy I, Comarsca J, Davidovits M, Klinger G, Sirota L, Linder N. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. [email protected] Urinary tract...
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Development of food variety in children.
Nicklaus S. INRA, UMR 1129 FLAVIC, 17 rue Sully, BP 86510, F-21000 Dijon, France. [email protected] Eating a variety of foods is essential to achieve adequate coverage of macro- and...
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A review of environmental and social context and implications for Malawi.
Dickinson N, Macpherson G, Hursthouse AS, Atkinson J. School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley PA12BE, Scotland, UK. It is well...
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Characteristics associated with longer breastfeeding duration: an analysis of a peer counseling support program.
Bolton TA, Chow T, Benton PA, Olson BH. Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA. Breastfeeding peer...
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An assessment of the impact of women's breastfeeding experiences.
Lamontagne C, Hamelin AM, St-Pierre M. Public Health Office in the Capitale-Nationale area in Québec, Canada. Breastfeeding clinics aim to increase breastfeeding duration and...
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Reasons for in-hospital formula supplementation of breastfed infants.
Tender JA, Janakiram J, Arce E, Mason R, Jordan T, Marsh J, Kin S, Jianping He, Moon RY. Division of General Pediatrics at Children's National Medical...
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Exploring the influence of psychological factors on breastfeeding duration.
O'Brien M, Buikstra E, Fallon T, Hegney D. University of Queensland School of Medicine, Rural Clinical Division, Toowoomba, Qld, Australia. [email protected] Breastfeeding...
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Perceived incentives and barriers to exclusive breastfeeding.
Otoo GE, Lartey AA, Pérez-Escamilla R. Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. Focus group discussions were conducted to...
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Using an extended theory of planned behaviour to inform interventions aimed at increasing in.
McMillan B, Conner M, Green J, Dyson L, Renfrew M, Woolridge M. University of Leeds, Leeds, UK. OBJECTIVES: The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) was employed to...
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Severe malaria in an unstable setting: clinical and a paradigm for a simplified severity scoring.
Giha HA, Elghazali G, A-Elgadir TM, A-Elbasit IE, Elbashir MI. Malaria Research Centre (MalRC) - Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, P....
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Conference on "Multidisciplinary approaches to nutritional problems". Rank Prize Lecture. Global nutrition challenges for optimal health and well-being.
Uauy R, Corvalan C, Dangour AD. Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. [email protected] Optimal health and well-being are now...
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An infant and child feeding index is associated.
Zhang J, Shi L, Wang J, Wang Y. Division of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100083, China. BACKGROUND: Some...
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Gene expression in the human mammary epithelium during lactation.
Maningat PD, Sen P, Rijnkels M, Sunehag AL, Hadsell DL, Bray M, Haymond MW. Department of Pediatrics-Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine, Children's Nutrition...
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Baby-friendly and non-baby-friendly hospitals in 2000 to 2006.
Mydlilova A, Sipek A, Vignerova J. Thomayers University, Prague, Czech Republic. The type of infant feeding at hospital discharge was compared in Baby-Friendly (BF), non-BF hospitals,...
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Randomized controlled trial: study design.
Fergusson D, Hutton B, Hogan DL, LeBel L, Blajchman MA, Ford JC, Hebert P, Kakadekar A, Kovacs L, Lee S,Sankaran K, Shapiro S, Smyth...
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Who received 12-mo dietary complementation with a lipid-based nutrient supplement or maize-soy flour.
Phuka JC, Maleta K, Thakwalakwa C, Cheung YB, Briend A, Manary MJ, Ashorn P. College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi. [email protected]...
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Development of food-based complementary feeding recommendations for using linear programming.
Santika O, Fahmida U, Ferguson EL. Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Tropical Medicine Regional Centre for Community Nutrition, University of Indonesia, 10430...
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Iron supplementation of breastfed infants from an early age.
Ziegler EE, Nelson SE, Jeter JM. Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. [email protected] BACKGROUND: In breastfed infants, iron deficiency at <6...
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Breastfeeding knowledge and practices amongst mothers in a rural population of North India: a community-based study.
Kishore MS, Kumar P, Aggarwal AK. Department of Pediatrics Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India. BACKGROUND: National family health...
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A management guideline.
Rabe H, Alvarez JR, Lawn C, Seddon P, Amess PN. Department of Neonatology, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, United Kingdom. [email protected]...
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Isolation of bifidobacteria from breast milk and assessment of the bifidobacterial population by PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and quantitative real-time PCR.
Martín R, Jiménez E, Heilig H, Fernández L, Marín ML, Zoetendal EG, Rodríguez JM. Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen...
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Safety issues of during breastfeeding.
Berlin CM Jr, Paul IM, Vesell ES. Department of Pediatrics, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA....
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Breastfeeding immediately after birth.
Morin KH. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. [email protected] PMID: 19104322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Juggling work and breastfeeding: effects of maternity leave and occupational characteristics.
Guendelman S, Kosa JL, Pearl M, Graham S, Goodman J, Kharrazi M. University of California, Maternal and Child Health Program, School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA...
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Assessing the impact of the introduction of the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: secondary data analysis.
Isanaka S, Villamor E, Shepherd S, Grais RF. Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA 02115, USA. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: The...
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Breastfeeding prevents severe disease in full term female infants with acute respiratory infection.
Libster R, Hortoneda JB, Laham FR, Casellas JM, Israele V, Polack NR, Delgado MF, Klein MI, Polack FP. Fundacion INFANT, Buenos Aires, Argentina....
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A randomized controlled trial.
Lee E, Mitchell-Herzfeld SD, Lowenfels AA, Greene R, Dorabawila V, DuMont KA. Center for Human Services Research, School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State...
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Studying the infant feeding intentions of pregnant women experiencing material deprivation: methodology of the Looking at Infant Feeding Today (LIFT) study.
McMillan B, Green JM, Woolridge MW, Dyson L, Renfrew MJ, Clarke GP. University of York, Heslington, York, UK. The Looking at Infant Feeding Today (LIFT) study examined...
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Trends in: compliance with WHO recommendations.
El Mouzan MI, Al Omar AA, Al Salloum AA, Al Herbish AS, Qurachi MM. Department of Pediatrics, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [email protected] BACKGROUND AND...
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Impact of a community-based integrated management of childhood illnesses.
Thompson ME, Harutyunyan TL. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 28223-0001, USA. [email protected] BACKGROUND: Maternal and child health...
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Low birth weight and early weight gain in the metabolic syndrome: consequences for infant nutrition.
Vaag A. Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. [email protected] Emerging data indicate that being born small for gestational age (SGA) and rapid infant catch-up growth may play a significant...
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Restricted versus liberal oxygen exposure for preventing morbidity and mortality in preterm or low birth weight infants.
Askie LM, Henderson-Smart DJ, Ko H. NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Locked Bag 77, Camperdown, NSW, Australia, 2050. [email protected] BACKGROUND: While the...
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Reconfiguring insufficient breast milk as a sociosomatic problem: mothers of premature babies using.
Groleau D, Cabral IE. Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital & Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University,...
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Effect of combined maternal and vitamin D status of exclusively breastfed infants.
Saadi HF, Dawodu A, Afandi B, Zayed R, Benedict S, Nagelkerke N, Hollis BW. Department of Internal Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab...
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Reconsidering childhood undernutrition:An analysis of the 2002-2003 El Salvador National Family Health Survey.
Gribble JN, Murray NJ, Menotti EP. Population Reference Bureau, Washington, District of Columbia 20009, USA. [email protected] It is well understood that undernutrition underpins much...
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Delayed introduction of lumpy foods to children during the complementary feeding period affects child's food acceptance and feeding at 7 years of age.
Coulthard H, Harris G, Emmett P. School of Psychology, Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK. [email protected] The study aimed to follow up children who had been introduced...
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Anemia in the preterm infant: erythropoietin versus erythrocyte transfusion--it's not that simple.
Von Kohorn I, Ehrenkranz RA. Division of Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8064, USA. Since the late...
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Effect of breastfeeding on asthma, lung function and bronchial hyperreactivity in ISAAC Phase II.
Nagel G, Büchele G, Weinmayr G, Björkstén B, Chen YZ, Wang H, Nystad W, Saraclar Y, Bråbäck L, Batlles-Garrido...
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Motherisk update 2008.
Einarson A. The Motherisk Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada. On May 7th 2008, our annual Motherisk Update was devoted to reproductive mental health, which is a part of...
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Current controversies in the management of the anemia of prematurity.
Bishara N, Ohls RK. University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA. [email protected] Preterm infants, especially those with extremely low birth weight (ELBW)...
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Treatment of cluster headache in pregnancy and lactation.
Jürgens TP, Schaefer C, May A. Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. Cluster headache is a rare disorder in women, but has a serious impact on...
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Individual efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in primi- and secundigravidae in rural : impact on parasitaemia, anaemia and birth weight.
Gies S, Coulibaly SO, Ouattara FT, D'Alessandro U. Epidemiology and Control of Parasitic Diseases Unit, Department of Parasitology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp,...
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Fetal outcome in severe maternal morbidity: too many stillbirths.
Cham M, Sundby J, Vangen S. Section for International Health, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway....
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Mortality risk among children admitted in a large-scale nutritional program in Niger, 2006.
Lapidus N, Minetti A, Djibo A, Guerin PJ, Hustache S, Gaboulaud V, Grais RF. Epicentre, Paris, France. BACKGROUND: In 2006, the Médecins sans...
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Breastfeeding and maternal and infant iodine nutrition.
Azizi F, Smyth P. Endocrine Research Center, Research Institute for Endocrine Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: The aim of...
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A prospective cohort study.
Janssen PA, Livingstone VH, Chang B, Klein MC. School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Child & Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC,...
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Mainstreaming early and exclusive breastfeeding for improving child survival.
Dadhich JP, Agarwal RK. S L Jain Hospital, Delhi, India. [email protected] PMID: 19179711 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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The effect of interrupted 5-day training on the knowledge and skills of primary health care workers.
Kumar D, Aggarwal AK, Kumar R. School of Public Health, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. The conventional 8-day Integrated Management of...
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Protein-energy malnutrition contributes to increased structural chromosomal alteration frequencies in Argentinean children.
Padula G, Salceda SA, Seoane AI. IGEVET, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CONICET, Argentina; IDIP (MS/CIC-PBA) Hospital de Niños de La Plata,...
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Are there risks to using risk-based messages to promote breastfeeding?
Heinig MJ. PMID: 19196852 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Breastfeeding and tongue-tie.
Genna CW, Coryllos EV. PMID: 19196857 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Validation of community health workers' assessment.
Darmstadt GL, Baqui AH, Choi Y, Bari S, Rahman SM, Mannan I, Ahmed AS, Saha SK, Rahman R, Chang S, Winch PJ, Black RE, Santosham...
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Continuation of breastfeeding: is this a problem in Southeast Iran?
Rakhshani F, Mohammadi M. Research Center for Social Development and Health Promotion, Department of Public Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Behdasht Boulevard, 98169-13396...
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Systems changes to prevent severe hyperbilirubinemia and promote breastfeeding: pilot approaches.
Stark AR, Lannon CM. Section of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. [email protected] Providing safe and effective care requires coordination...
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The association between fetal and postnatal growth status and serum levels of uric acid in children at 3 years of age.
Park B, Park E, Cho SJ, Kim Y, Lee H, Min J, Ha E, Kang D, Park H. Department of Preventive Medicine and Ewha Medical Research Institute, School of...
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Predictors of mortality in infants with sclerema presenting to the Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease, Dhaka.
Chisti MJ, Saha S, Roy CN, Ahmed T, Faruque AS, Salam MA, Islam S. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed...
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Association between iron deficiency anemia and first febrile convulsion: A case-control study.
Bidabadi E, Mashouf M. Guilan University of Medical Sciences, No. 15, 135 ave., Golsar, Rasht 41658-55695, Iran. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: The relationship between iron deficiency anemia...
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Reduced efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in malnourished children.
Danquah I, Dietz E, Zanger P, Reither K, Ziniel P, Bienzle U, Mockenhaupt FP. Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité University...
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Supplementary feeding with fortified spreads results in higher recovery rates than with a corn/soy blend in moderately wasted children.
Matilsky DK, Maleta K, Castleman T, Manary MJ. Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Moderate childhood wasting is defined...
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Development of nutritionally at-risk young children is predicted by malaria, anemia, and stunting in Pemba, Zanzibar.
Olney DK, Kariger PK, Stoltzfus RJ, Khalfan SS, Ali NS, Tielsch JM, Sazawal S, Black R, Allen LH, Pollitt E. Program in International and Community...
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The long-term effects of breastfeeding on asthma and atopic disease.
Oddy WH. Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth, WA, 6872, Australia. [email protected] In this review, the...
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Evolution of human lactation and complementary feeding: implications for understanding contemporary cross-cultural variation.
Sellen DW. Departments of Anthropology, Nutritional Sciences and Public Health Sciences, and Centre for International Health, University of Toronto, 19 Russell St., Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2S2,...
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Breastfeeding malnutrition in neonates: a step towards controlling the problem.
Kudumula V, Asokkumar A, Akinsoji O, Babu S. PMID: 19234043 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Effectiveness of exclusive breastfeeding promotion in low-income mothers: a randomized controlled study.
Petrova A, Ayers C, Stechna S, Gerling JA, Mehta R. Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry, One Robert Wood Johnson Place, MEB 236, New Brunswick, NJ...
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Adult and paediatric mortality patterns in a referral hospital in Liberia 1 year after the end of the war.
Huerga H, Vasset B, Prados E. Médecins Sans Frontières-France, Kenya Programme, 8 rue Saint-Sabin, 75544 Paris, France. [email protected] The aim of this study was...
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A prospective study of micronutrient status in adolescent pregnancy.
Baker PN, Wheeler SJ, Sanders TA, Thomas JE, Hutchinson CJ, Clarke K, Berry JL, Jones RL, Seed PT, Poston L. Maternal and Fetal Health Research...
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Breastfeeding should be expressed as the norm.
Bernshaw NJ. PMID: 19244603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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A retrospective analysis of prevalence of children in the Palajunoj Valley of Guatemala.
Cook DM, Swanson RC, Eggett DL, Booth GM. Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Science, Brigham Young University, 421 N 100 E Provo, UT 84606, USA. [email protected]...
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Bacterial populations in complementary foods and drinking-water in households with children aged 10-15 months in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
Kung'u JK, Boor KJ, Ame SM, Ali NS, Jackson AE, Stoltzfus RJ. Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, 116 Savage Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-6301, USA....
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Experience in managing severe malnutrition in a government tertiary treatment facility in Bangladesh.
Hossain MI, Dodd NS, Ahmed T, Miah GM, Jamil KM, Nahar B, Alam B, Mahmood CB. Mother and Child Health Services, ICDDR,B, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh....
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The use of home-based therapy with ready-to-use therapeutic food to treat malnutrition in a rural area during a food crisis.
Amthor RE, Cole SM, Manary MJ. Washington University in St Louis, MO, USA. When the international community declared a famine in Malawi in January of 2006, emergency food aid reached...
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Does breastfeeding reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome?
Vennemann MM, Bajanowski T, Brinkmann B, Jorch G, Yücesan K, Sauerland C, Mitchell EA; GeSID Study Group. Collaborators (25) PD, University of...
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Vitamin E levels during early iron supplementation in preterm infants.
Arnon S, Regev RH, Bauer S, Shainkin-Kestenbaum R, Shiff Y, Bental Y, Dolfin T, Litmanovitz I. Department of Neonatology, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba,...
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Pilot testing of WHO child growth standards in Chandigarh: implications for India's child health programmes.
Prinja S, Thakur JS, Bhatia SS. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, School of Public Health, Chandigarh, India. OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence of...
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How are effective breastfeeding technique and pacifier use related to breastfeeding problems and breastfeeding duration?
Kronborg H, Vaeth M. Department of Nursing Science at the Institute of Public Health, University of Aarhus, Høegh-Guldbergsgade 6A, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. BACKGROUND: Inconsistent...
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Hospital Education in Lactation Practices (Project HELP): does clinician education affect breastfeeding initiation and exclusivity in the hospital?
Grossman X, Chaudhuri J, Feldman-Winter L, Abrams J, Newton KN, Philipp BL, Merewood A. Division of General Pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine,...
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Prenatal care effectiveness and utilization in Brazil.
Wehby GL, Murray JC, Castilla EE, Lopez-Camelo JS, Ohsfeldt RL. Dept of Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa, E204, GH, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA....
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Infection, allergy, and the protection from breastfeeding.
Lawrence RA. PMID: 19292607 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine founder's lecture 2008: breastfeeding--an extrauterine link between mother and child.
Rautava S, Walker WA. Developmental Gastroenterology Laboratory, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA....
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La Leche League International (LLLI) is foundational to all aspects of breastfeeding.
Eglash A. PMID: 19292611 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Parental distress around supplementing breastfed babies using nasogastric tubes on the post-natal ward: a theme from an ethnographic study.
Taylor AM, Cloherty M, Alexander J, Holloway I, Galvin K, Inch S. School of Health and Social Care, Centre for Midwifery Maternal and Perinatal Health, Bournemouth...
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Reliability of reported breastfeeding duration among reproductive-aged women from Mexico.
Cupul-Uicab LA, Gladen BC, Hernández-Avila M, Longnecker MP. Center for Population Health Research, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 62508 Cuernavaca, Morelos,...
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Women's experiences of infant feeding support in the first 6 weeks post-birth.
Sheehan A, Schmied V, Barclay L. Faculty of Nursing and Health, Avondale College, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia. [email protected] Research suggests women find the...
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Micronutrient sprinkles add more bioavailable iron to some Kenyan complementary foods: studies using an in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell culture model.
Lung'aho MG, Glahn RP. Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. Iron deficiency anaemia is arguably the most important public health problem in developing...
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Factors associated with breastfeeding patterns in women who recourse to health centres in Zahedan, Iran.
Roudbari M, Roudbari S, Fazaeli A. Research Centre for Children and Adolescent Health, Department of Public Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan,...
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Prevalence and predictors of iron deficiency in fully breastfed infants at 6 mo of age: comparison of data from 6 studies.
Yang Z, Lönnerdal B, Adu-Afarwuah S, Brown KH, Chaparro CM, Cohen RJ, Domellöf M, Hernell O, Lartey A,Dewey KG. Program in International and...
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Long hospitalization is the most important risk factor for early weaning from breast milk in premature babies.
Kirchner L, Jeitler V, Waldhör T, Pollak A, Wald M. Division of General Pediatrics and Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna,...
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Decline in hospital mortality rate after the use of the World Health Organization protocol for management of severe malnutrition.
Falbo AR, Alves JG, Batista Filho M, de Fátima Costa Caminha M, Cabral-Filho JE. Instituto Materno Infantil Professor Fernando Figueira, 300 Boa Vista, Recife PE,...
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Hospital practices and women's likelihood of fulfilling their intention to exclusively breastfeed.
Declercq E, Labbok MH, Sakala C, O'Hara M. Department of Maternal and Child Health, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St, Talbot W540, Boston, MA 02118, USA....
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Psychosocial factors underlying the mother's decision to continue exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months: an elicitation study.
Bai YK, Middlestadt SE, Joanne Peng CY, Fly AD. Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA. [email protected]...
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Does famine have a long-term effect on cohort mortality? Evidence from the 1959-1961 great leap forward famine in China.
Song S. Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China. Using retrospective individual mortality records of three cohorts of newborns (1954-1958, 1959-1962 and...
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Multi-micronutrient-fortified biscuits decreased prevalence of anemia and improved micronutrient status and effectiveness of deworming in rural Vietnamese school children.
Nga TT, Winichagoon P, Dijkhuizen MA, Khan NC, Wasantwisut E, Furr H, Wieringa FT. National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Vietnam. Concurrent micronutrient...
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Provision of multiple rather than two or fewer micronutrients more effectively improves growth and other outcomes in micronutrient-deficient children and adults.
Allen LH, Peerson JM, Olney DK. USDA, Agricultural Research Service Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, CA 95616, USA. [email protected] Deficiencies of multiple...
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The effects of iron and/or zinc supplementation on maternal reports of sleep in infants from Nepal and Zanzibar.
Kordas K, Siegel EH, Olney DK, Katz J, Tielsch JM, Kariger PK, Khalfan SS, LeClerq SC, Khatry SK, Stoltzfus RJ. Department of Nutritional Sciences,...
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Doula care, early breastfeeding outcomes, and breastfeeding status at 6 weeks postpartum among low-income primiparae.
Nommsen-Rivers LA, Mastergeorge AM, Hansen RL, Cullum AS, Dewey KG. Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, MLC 7009,...
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The influence of culture and health on the breastfeeding relationship.
McCarter-Spaulding D. PMID: 19323718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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An update on HIV and infant.
Jackson DJ, Goga AE, Doherty T, Chopra M. School of Public Health at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. [email protected] The field of mother to child...
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Breastfeeding by Hispanic women.
Gill SL. University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio School of Nursing, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: To review the literature to...
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Iodine status and thyroid function of pregnant, lactating women and infants (0-1 yr) residing in areas with an effective.
Wang Y, Zhang Z, Ge P, Wang Y, Wang S. College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou Gansu, China. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: To assess the iodine...
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Nutritional status of Palestinian children attending primary health care centers in Gaza.
Radi S, Abu Mourad T, Papandreou C. Palestinian Health Information Center, Ministry of Health, Palestine. OBJECTIVE: To assess the nutritional status of Palestinian children less than...
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Iron deficiency anemia in infants aged 12-15 months in Ahwaz, Iran.
Monajemzadeh SM, Zarkesh MR. Pediatric Unit, Golestan Hospital, Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran. [email protected] BACKGROUND: Iron deficiency anemia (IDA)...
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Early exclusive breastfeeding: still the cornerstone of child survival.
Kline MW. PMID: 19339392 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Effect of morbidity among infants born in Zimbabwe.
Koyanagi A, Humphrey JH, Moulton LH, Ntozini R, Mutasa K, Iliff P, Black RE. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health,...
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Regional case studies--China.
Yin SA. National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China. Over the last 30 years, the nutritional status of Chinese children...
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Postnatal origins of undernutrition.
Prost MA. MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. Obesity and nutrition-related chronic disorders are fast rising in developing countries....
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Prevention of low birthweight.
Alam DS. Public Health Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Globally an estimated 20 million infants are born with low...
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Differential risk for early breastfeeding jaundice in a multi-ethnic Asian cohort.
Huang A, Tai BC, Wong LY, Lee J, Yong EL. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Hospital, Singapore. INTRODUCTION: To explore the relationship...
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Breastfeeding and epidural analgesia during labour.
Devroe S, De Coster J, Van de Velde M. Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Herestraat, Leuven, Belgium. PURPOSE OF REVIEW:...
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Influence of low birth weight on microalbuminuria and blood pressure of school children.
Salgado CM, Jardim PC, Teles FB, Nunes MC. Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Goiânia, GO, Brazil. [email protected] Low birth...
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Molecular mechanisms of the defective hepcidin inhibition in TMPRSS6 mutations associated with iron-refractory iron deficiency anemia.
Silvestri L, Guillem F, Pagani A, Nai A, Oudin C, Silva M, Toutain F, Kannengiesser C, Beaumont C, Camaschella C,Grandchamp B. Vita-Salute...
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The evaluation of knowledge and activities of primary health care professionals in promoting breast-feeding.
Leviniene G, Petrauskiene A, Tamuleviciene E, Kudzyte J, Labanauskas L. Laboratory for Social Pediatrics, Institute for Biomedicical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine,...
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Iron and iodine deficiencies among under-2 children, adolescent girls, and pregnant women of Bangladesh: association with common diseases.
Harun-Or-Rashid M, Khatun UF, Yoshida Y, Morita S, Chowdhury N, Sakamoto J. Department of Healthcare Administration, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine,...
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The beneficial effects of breastfeeding on microvascular function in 11- to 14-year-old children.
Khan F, Green FC, Forsyth JS, Greene SA, Newton DJ, Belch JJ. Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases Research Unit, The Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Ninewells...
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Use of drugs during lactation.
Glatstein MM, Djokanovic N, Garcia-Bournissen F, Finkelstein Y, Koren G. Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario. QUESTION: My patient was taking glipizide (an oral...
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Erythropoietin pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic analysis suggests higher doses in treating neonatal anemia.
Neelakantan S, Widness JA, Schmidt RL, Veng-Pedersen P. Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. BACKGROUND: The...
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Serum and hair zinc in children associated with or without acute lower respiratory infection.
Shakur MS, Malek MA, Bano N, Rahman M, Ahmed M. Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu (Children) Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: To...
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Hemorheological parameters in children with iron-deficiency anemia and the alterations in these parameters in response to iron replacement.
Halis H, Bor-Kucukatay M, Akin M, Kucukatay V, Bozbay I, Polat A. Departmant of Pediatrics, Pamukkale University Faculty of Medicine, Denizli, Turkey. AIM:...
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Association of maternal height with child mortality, anthropometric failure, and anemia in India.
Subramanian SV, Ackerson LK, Davey Smith G, John NA. Department of Society, Human Development, and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA....
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Mothers' experiences with breastfeeding management and support: a quality improvement study.
Sarasua I, Clausen C, Frunchak V. SMBD Jewish General Hospital, Montreal. [email protected] The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences on mothers with regard...
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Time course and etiology of death in patients with severe anemia.
Tobian AA, Ness PM, Noveck H, Carson JL. Transfusion Medicine Division, Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N.Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA....
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Human milk biomonitoring of phthalates: expanding our understanding of infant exposure is compatible with supporting breastfeeding.
LaKind JS, Fenton SE, Dórea JG. PMID: 19395085 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Acute malnutrition in Bangladeshi children: levels and determinants.
Rahman A, Chowdhury S, Hossain D. Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health, University of Southern Queensland, QLD 4350, Australia. [email protected] The main...
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as useful as ferrous sulfate in maintaining hemoglobin concentrations >105 g/L in young Bangladeshi children.
Davidsson L, Sarker SA, Jamil KA, Sultana S, Hurrell R. Laboratory for Human Nutrition, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland....
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Periconceptional iron and folate status is inadequate among married, nulliparous women in rural Bangladesh.
Khambalia A, O'Connor DL, Zlotkin S. Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada. Recent evidence...
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Lack of effect of nucleotide-supplemented infant formula on the management of acute diarrhea in infants.
Neri-Almeida D, Peixoto de Mattos A, Medrado Ribeiro TC, Silva de Almeida Mendes P, Santos Valois S, da Costa Ribeiro H Jr. Fima Lifshitz Research Center, Pediatric...
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Risks for preterm delivery and low birth weight are independently increased by severity of maternal anaemia.
Kidanto HL, Mogren I, Lindmark G, Massawe S, Nystrom L. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dares Salaam, Tanzania. [email protected]...
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Optimizing successful breastfeeding in the newborn.
Cramton R, Zain-Ul-Abideen M, Whalen B. Department of Pediatrics, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03756, USA. PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this article is to present an...
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A large-scale distribution of milk-based fortified spreads: evidence for a new approach in regions with high burden of acute malnutrition.
Defourny I, Minetti A, Harczi G, Doyon S, Shepherd S, Tectonidis M, Bradol JH, Golden M. Médecins sans Frontières, Paris, France. BACKGROUND:...
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Polyfluoroalkyl chemicals in the serum and milk of breastfeeding women.
von Ehrenstein OS, Fenton SE, Kato K, Kuklenyik Z, Calafat AM, Hines EP. UCLA School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA....
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A primary care provider's guide to preventive and acute care management of adults and children with sickle cell disease.
Pack-Mabien A, Haynes J Jr. University of South Alabama Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, 2451 Fillingim Street, MCSB1530, Mobile, AL 36617, USA. [email protected] PURPOSE: To...
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Variations in infant feeding practice are associated with body composition in childhood: a prospective cohort study.
Robinson SM, Marriott LD, Crozier SR, Harvey NC, Gale CR, Inskip HM, Baird J, Law CM, Godfrey KM, Cooper C;Southampton Women's Survey Study Group....
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Integrating quality postnatal care into PMTCT in Swaziland.
Mazia G, Narayanan I, Warren C, Mahdi M, Chibuye P, Walligo A, Mabuza P, Shongwe R, Hainsworth M. The United States Agency for International Development,...
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Breastfeeding stimulates total and cow's milk-specific salivary IgA in infants.
Piirainen L, Pesola J, Pesola I, Komulainen J, Vaarala O. Laboratory for Immunobiology, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie166, Helsinki FIN-00300, Finland....
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Micronutrient supplementation affects and maternal distress in Bangladesh.
Frith AL, Naved RT, Ekström EC, Rasmussen KM, Frongillo EA. Cornell University, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Ithaca, NY, USA. BACKGROUND: Good maternal-infant...
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Low birthweight babies--outcome at 13 years.
Nair MK, Chacko DS, Paul MK, Nair L, George B, Kumar GS. Child Development Centre, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. [email protected] The study...
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Education and improved iron intakes for treatment of mild iron-deficiency anemia in adolescent girls in southern Benin.
Alaofè H, Zee J, Dossa R, O'Brien HT. Université Laval, Québec, Canada. BACKGROUND: To our knowledge, the impact of a nutrition education program combined...
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Decreasing stunting, anemia, and vitamin A deficiency in Peru: results of the Good Start in Life Program.
Lechtig A, Cornale G, Ugaz ME, Arias L. Agencia Internacional de Seguridad Alimentaria (AISA), Lima, Peru. [email protected] BACKGROUND: The rates of stunting, iron-deficiency...
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The 25th anniversary of the Surgeon General's Workshop on Breastfeeding and Human Lactation: the status of breastfeeding today.
Galson SK. PMID: 19445409 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Hypernatremic dehydration due to concentrated infant formula: report of two cases.
Leung C, Chang WC, Yeh SJ. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Panchiao, Taiwan, ROC. [email protected] Hypernatremic dehydration is a...
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Healthy and harmful practices, the potential for change.
Kesterton AJ, Cleland J. Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK. [email protected] BACKGROUND: Every...
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Iron status of breastfed infants is improved equally by medicinal iron and iron-fortified cereal.
Ziegler EE, Nelson SE, Jeter JM. Fomon Infant Nutrition Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. [email protected] BACKGROUND: Although uncommon,...
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Dietary intervention strategies to enhance zinc nutrition: promotion and support of breastfeeding for infants and young children.
Brown KH, Engle-Stone R, Krebs NF, Peerson JM. Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. [email protected] Breastmilk is the only dietary...
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Marked increase in child survival after four years of intensive malaria control.
Kleinschmidt I, Schwabe C, Benavente L, Torrez M, Ridl FC, Segura JL, Ehmer P, Nchama GN. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United...
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Changing norms: addressing breastfeeding inequalities.
Ly K. PMID: 19480112 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Breaching the breastfeeding code.
Gates E. PMID: 19480173 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Early and severe presentation of vitamin D deficiency and nutritional rickets among hospitalized infants and the effective factors.
Tezer H, Siklar Z, Dallar Y, DoÄŸankoç S. Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Nutritional rickets is re-emerging as a...
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Are starting and continuing breastfeeding related to educational background? The generation R study.
van Rossem L, Oenema A, Steegers EA, Moll HA, Jaddoe VW, Hofman A, Mackenbach JP, Raat H. Generation R Study Group, Department of Public Health, Erasmus...
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Confident commitment is a key factor for sustained breastfeeding.
Avery A, Zimmermann K, Underwood PW, Magnus JH. New Mexico Department of Health, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. BACKGROUND: The characteristics that distinguish women who breastfeed...
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Screening for iron deficiency anemia--including iron supplementation for children and pregnant women.
Mabry-Hernandez IR. IRIS R. MABRY-HERNANDEZ, MD,U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partnerships, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality,...
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Impact of new WHO growth standards of the feeding programs.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Acute malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months is a key indicator routinely used for describing the presence and magnitude of humanitarian...
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Identification of neonates at risk for hazardous hyperbilirubinemia: emerging clinical insights.
Watchko JF. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Magee-Womens Research Institute, Magee-Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213,...
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Exclusive breastfeeding and the risk of postpartum relapses in women with multiple sclerosis.
Langer-Gould A, Huang SM, Gupta R, Leimpeter AD, Greenwood E, Albers KB, Van Den Eeden SK, Nelson LM. Stanford University School of Medicine, HRP Redwood Bldg,...
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Fatty acid patterns early after premature birth, simultaneously analysed in mothers' food, breast milk and serum phospholipids of mothers and infants.
Sabel KG, Lundqvist-Persson C, Bona E, Petzold M, Strandvik B. Department of Paediatrics, Borås Hospital, Borås, Sweden. [email protected] BACKGROUND: The...
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'Believing in breastfeeding': towards Baby Friendly Community accreditation.
Henry S. East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust. PMID: 19517963 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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Suppression of a novel hematopoietic mediator in children with severe malarial anemia.
Keller CC, Ouma C, Ouma Y, Awandare GA, Davenport GC, Were T, Hittner JB, Vulule JM, Ong'echa JM, Perkins DJ. Department of Infectious Diseases and...
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Managing during pregnancy and lactation.
Sabers A, Tomson T. The Epilepsy Clinic, Glostrup University Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark. [email protected]; [email protected] PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review discusses data on the...
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Duration of infant iron and zinc status in rural Bangladesh.
Eneroth H, El Arifeen S, Persson LA, Kabir I, Lönnerdal B, Hossain MB, Ekström EC. International Maternal and Child Health, Department of Women's and...
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Treatment response to iron and folic acid alone is the same as with multivitamins and/or anthelminthics in severely anemic 6- to 24-month-old children.
Bhutta Z, Klemm R, Shahid F, Rizvi A, Rah JH, Christian P. Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University, Karachi 74800, Pakistan. We assessed the...
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Variables associated with breastfeeding duration.
Thulier D, Mercer J. University of Rhode Island, College of Nursing, 2 Heathman Road, White Hall, Kingston, RI 02881, USA. [email protected] OBJECTIVE: To identify the variables associated...
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Giardia intestinalis and nutritional status in children participating in the complementary nutrition program, Antioquia, Colombia, May to October 2006.
Botero-Garcés JH, García-Montoya GM, Grisales-Patiño D, Aguirre-Acevedo DC, Alvarez-Uribe MC. Departamento de Microbiología y...
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A new index for discrimination between minor: results in 284 patients.
Ehsani MA, Shahgholi E, Rahiminejad MS, Seighali F, Rashidi A. Bahrami Children Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. The present study reports the...
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Waiting to be weighed: a pilot study of the effect of delayed newborn weighing on breastfeeding outcomes.
Thomson T, Hall W, Balneaves L, Wong S. Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital, Trail, British Columbia. Although breastfeeding initiation rates are rising in Canada, rates of...
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Effects of oral iron(III) hydroxide polymaltose complex supplementation on hemoglobin increase, cognitive function, affective behavior a single centre prospective placebo controlled study
Devaki PB, Chandra RK, Geisser P. Department of Home Science, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, AP, India. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of iron supplementation on iron...
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Impact of a positive deviance approach to improve the effectiveness of an iron-supplementation program to control nutritional anemia.
Ndiaye M, Siekmans K, Haddad S, Receveur O. Université de Montreal, Québec, Canada. BACKGROUND: Iron supplementation through prenatal care remains the most...
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