Links between maternal breast-feeding duration and Québec infants' health: A population-based study. Are the effects different for poor children?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 537-543

  Coulibaly, Ramata ^a   Séguin, Louise ^a   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^a   Gauvin, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding duration; Infant health; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POVERTY; QUEBEC; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845353029     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-006-0114-y     Document Type: Article

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