Effect of early infant feeding practices on infection-specific neonatal mortality: an investigation of the causal links with observational data from rural Ghana.

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Published in Am J Clin Nutr on October 01, 2007

Authors

Karen M Edmond1, Betty R Kirkwood, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Lisa S Hurt

Author Affiliations

1: Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. karen.edmond@lshtm.ac.uk

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