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Article: Risk of Death Among Infants Predominantly Breastfed as Compared to
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Linda Folden Palmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:41:17 -0500
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Laurie A. Nommsen-Rivers" reports in Journal of Human Lactation on a new 
study by Bahl et al. that for infants in Ghana, India and Peru, there is 
10.5 times the risk of death for never breastfed versus predominantly 
breastfed. Only partially breastfed is 2.5 times the risk. 

Here's link to the full study by Bahl: 
http://tinyurl.com/8785d

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