A rapid ethnographic study of breastfeeding in the North and South of Italy

• Main Authors: Passamonte Raquel (Author), Barbiero Chiara (Author), Bernal Rosa (Author), Quintero Romero Sofia (Author), Cattaneo Adriano (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2006-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The past ten years have witnessed a rising trend in the prevalence and duration of breastfeeding in Italy, but breastfeeding rates increase in an unequal way; they are higher in the North of Italy than in the South. The purpose of th...