Patterns of breastfeeding in a UK longitudinal cohort study

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-9

  Pontin, David ^a   Emmett, Pauline ^b   Steer, Colin ^c   Emond, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child health; Child nutrition; Exclusive breastfeeding; Infant feeding; Longitudinal cohort study; Targeted interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING;

EID: 33846318932     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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