Long-Term Breastfeeding: Nourishment or Nurturance?

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 304-312

  Buckley, Kathleen M ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Growth; Infant feeding; Long term breastfeeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035524055     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089033440101700404     Document Type: Article

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