Exclusive Breastfeeding of Healthy Term Infants for at Least 6 Weeks Improves Neurological Condition

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 4243-4245

  Bouwstra, H ^a   Boersma, E R ^a   Boehm, G ^b   Dijck Brouwer, D A J ^a   Muskiet, F A J ^a   Hadders Algra, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Numico Research Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Development; General movements; Term infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0344306476     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.12.4243     Document Type: Article

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