Does breastfeeding beyond one year benefit children?

Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 163-174

  Elsom, Rachel ^a   Weaver, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFECTION RISK; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL TOLERANCE; REVIEW; TIME;

EID: 0033306498     PISSN: 09655395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0965539599000364     Document Type: Review

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