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,Fia; 135. Percentage of Infants DyinF at 28 Days-S Months of Age from Nutritional Deficiency as
Underlying or Associated Cause According to Breast Feeding in 13 Latin American Projects.
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found between frequency of nutritional de- Wyon and Gordon (1971) were able to
ficiency in infants who had been breast fed analyze mortality in infancy and early
and in those who had not. Greater explora- childhood in a longitudinal study of 11 viltion
of the multiple factors involved-in- lages in the Khanna region of rural Punjab,
eluding mother's nutritional state and in- India. Breast feeding and also the infant's
fant's weight at birth, as well as breast age at the time of addition of solid food
feeding-is essential for an understanding were known. In this population group, in
of the complex health problems causing which neonatal mortality was excessive (74
excessive mortality in iniants and young per 1,000 live births), these authors reported
children in Latin America.
that "virtually all infants died who did not
Fin. 136. Percentage of Infants Dying at 6-11 Months of Age from Nutritional Deficiency as Under.
lying or Associated Cause According to Breast Feeding in 13 Latin American Projects.
PER CENT PER CENT PER CENT PER CENT
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