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The role of breast-feeding beyond postpartum amenorrhoea on the return of fertility in India: a life table and hazards model analysis
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 July 2008
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This paper investigates the effects of continued breast-feeding after resumption of menses on fertility, using data from two retrospective surveys in India and single decrement life table and multivariate time-dependent hazards analyses. Breast-feeding even after the return of menses is found to be associated with longer birth intervals. The interaction of breast-feeding duration after resumption of menses and postpartum amenorrhoea has a significant effect on the risk of conception after return of menses.
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