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Tina Kimmel wrote:
> does anyone know of any source for the number or rate of NEONATAL (<28
> days) deaths due to not breastfeeding, in the US, or anywhere else the
> developed world?
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> chen and rogan (2004) did an outstanding job of calculating
> POST-neonatal (>28 days) formula-related US deaths, but surely
> neonatal deaths are at least as high, when you consider necrotizing
> enterocolitis etc etc.
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> thank you all very much,
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> tina
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Did you find this website, when you asked this question?
http://www.naturalfamilyonline.com/5-bf/312-formula-report-2.htm
hth
--
Merewyn Janson
(aka Mere)
Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor ('98)
Redbank Plains, Queensland, Australia
Married to Paul ('92),
Mum to April ('94),
Brandon ('96) and
Cassidy ('99).
I am finally an RN, but now a student midwife (glutton for punishment)
"Women should not feel guilty if they are unable to breastfeed, but they *should* feel guilty if they are unwilling to do so, and they should be intellectually honest enough to know the difference." -Elizabeth Gene
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