Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and Associated Maternal Socio-Demographic Factors among Mothers Attending Imo State Specialist Hospital, Owerri, South-Eastern Nigeria

• Main Authors: Chikere Ifeanyi Casmir Ebirim (Author), Ugonma Winnie Dozie (Author), Wanwuri Akor (Author), Ijeoma Judith Dozieand Oluchi Agatha Ashiegbu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Archives of Community Medicine and Public Health - Peertechz Publications, 2016-08-01.
• Subjects: Research Article
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<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Breast milk is unique and contains the entire nutritional requirement a new born infants needs for the first year of life. Exclusive breastfeeding is defined as the consumption of no other food or liquids except breast milk and drops or syrups cons...