The association between prolonged breastfeeding and poor growth - What are the implications?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 478, Issue , 2000, Pages 193-200

  Habicht, J P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Complementary feeding; Confounding; Growth; Reverse causality

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEANING;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENMARK; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

JUNCUS;

EID: 0034473361     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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