On 30/06/2007, at 23:26, Jennifer O'Quinn wrote:

> I think I recall seeing a posting on Lacnet that contained a link  
> to an article about a study of
> the relative risk of formula feeding in the US. If memory serves me  
> the study found that
> formula feeding conferred a 20-27% increase risk of death from all  
> causes in the first year
> of life. No matter what words I put in the search window I cannot  
> find the posting.
> Am I suffering a case of false memory syndrome?

I don't recall that study, but Chen and Rogan studied infant  
mortality and artificial feeding in the USA, publishing in 2004.
"Breastfeeding and the Risk of Postneonatal Death in the United States"
Aimin Chen, MD, PhD and Walter J. Rogan, MD
PEDIATRICS Vol. 113 No. 5 May 2004, pp. e435-e439

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/113/5/e435

Lara Hopkins

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