Growth under privileged conditions of healthy Swedish infants exclusively breastfed from birth to 4-6 months: A longitudinal prospective study based on daily records of feeding

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-151

  Aarts, C ^a,b   Kylberg, E ^a   Hofvander, Y ^a   Gebre Medhin, M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Dept of Pub Hlth/Caring Sci   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Affluent society; Exclusive breastfeeding; Infant growth; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037241797     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2003.tb00518.x     Document Type: Article

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