Long-term effects of breast-feeding in a national birth cohort: Educational attainment and midlife cognitive function

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 631-635

  Richards, Marcus ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Breast feeding; Cognitive function; Educational attainment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036790965     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002338     Document Type: Article

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