During the past two decades a considerable amount of information has become available
from developing countries showing that maternal education has a strong impact on infant …

In a population-based case-control study of infant mortality in two urban areas of southern
Brazil, the type of milk in an infant's diet was found to be an important risk factor for deaths …

This paper presents an analysis of the relationship between community characteristics,
household attributes, and child survival in Brazil. The principal objectives are to investigate …

Abstract Analysis of mothers' recall data collected in 1976–1977 by a probability survey in
Peninsular Malaysia shows an association between breastfeeding up to six months of age …

This paper presents an analysis of differentials in child survival by rural-urban place of
residence in Brazil and examines the hypothesis that observed mortality differentials by …

The effect of breast feeding on nutritional state, morbidity, and child survival was examined
prospectively in a community in rural Bangladesh. Every month for six months health …

Breast-feeding protects the newborn against infectious diseases in developing as well as in
industrialized countries. Protection is conferred against gastrointestinal and respiratory tract …

The reduction of infant and child death is one of the eight Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs). In addition, one of the Goal 1 indicators is child malnutrition (Table 1). A central …

The effects of the pace of childbearing and breastfeeding practices on infant mortality have
rarely been considered together. In this paper, we design and use a set of methodological …

This book has passed through the hands of many supportive and knowledgeable people on
its journey from PhD thesis to monograph, and I owe many people many thanks. I am …