Duration of breastfeeding, daycare, and physician visits among infants 6 months and younger

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 431-435

  Pettigrew, Melinda M ^f   Khodaee, Morteza ^a   Gillespie, Brenda ^b   Schwartz, Kendra ^c   Bobo, Janet K ^d   Foxman, Betsy ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e SPH I   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Child care; Infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038499413     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(02)00463-5     Document Type: Article

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