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Patterns of breast feeding and weaning in the United Arab Emirate
A Shahraban1, K Abdulla, B Björksten
1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden.
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
|February 1, 1991
Abstract:
Two-hundred urban high and urban average mothers and 86 rural mothers in Dubai were interviewed to obtain baseline data about the duration of breast feeding and weaning patterns. The median duration of breast feeding was 4.5, 5, 9 months in urban high, urban average and rural groups, respectively.