Long term effect of breast feeding: Cognitive function in the Caerphilly cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-133

  Elwood, P C ^a,b   Pickering, Janet ^b   Gallacher, J E J ^b   Hughes, Janie ^b   Davies, David ^b  

^a LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; COAL MINING; COGNITION; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; WEANING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CAERPHILLY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12344299296     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.022913     Document Type: Article

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