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Information and socioeconomic factors associated with early breastfeeding practices in rural and urban Morogoro, Tanzania

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was undertaken in a rural and an urban area in Tanzania with the aim of identifying factors related to early infant feeding practices. The study included 320 mothers from each area with infants below 7 mo of age. A significant proportion of both rural and urban mothers had erroneous ...