Association between breast feeding and growth: The Boyd-Orr cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages

  Martin, R M ^a   Davey Smith, G ^a   Mangtani, P ^b   Frankel, S ^a   Gunnell, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LEG LENGTH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0036830443     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.87.3.f193     Document Type: Article

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