Can breastfeeding avert the appearance of growth pains during childhood?

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1909-1912

  Kaspiris, Angelos ^a,d   Zafiropoulou, Chrisi ^b   Tsadira, Olympia ^b   Petropoulos, Chrisanthos ^c  

^a Karamandanio Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^b Sector of Paediatrics   (Greece)

^c Department of General Practice   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Growth pains

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34948830706     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0690-2     Document Type: Article

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