Breast-feeding is associated with improved growth in length, but not weight, in rural senegalese toddlers

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 959-967

  Simondon, K B ^a   Simondon, F ^a   Costes, R ^a   Delaunay, V ^a   Diallo, A ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Breast feeding; Children; Height for age; Infants; Linear growth; Morbidity; Reverse causality; Seasonality; Senegal; Socioeconomic groups; Stunting; Weaning; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENEGAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEANING;

EID: 0035050234     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/73.5.959     Document Type: Article

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