Breastfeeding and school achievement in Brazilian adolescents

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1656-1660

  Victora, Cesar ^a   Barros, Fernando ^a,b   Horta, Bernardo ^a   Lima, Rosângela ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b Latin American Center of Perinatology and Human Development PAHO/WHO   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cohort; Schooling

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE;

EID: 28744454352     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250500252658     Document Type: Article

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