title: Breast feeding, birth spacing and their effects on child survival.
abstract: It has long been known that breast feeding inhibits female fertility and that it is a factor in restricting population growth. But just how important is it?
authors.affiliation: Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thapa
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Short
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Potts
mesh_terms: D001721:Birth Intervals; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003267:Contraception; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D007774:Lactation; D009026:Mortality; D011158:Population Growth; D011247:Pregnancy