Early weaning is related to weight and rate of weight gain in infancy

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-64

  Sloan, S ^a,b   Gildea, A ^a   Stewart, M ^b   Sneddon, H ^a   Iwaniec, D ^a  

^a Instit Child Care Research   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early weaning; Infant feeding; Weight; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT NUTRITION; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 37349089118     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00771.x     Document Type: Article

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