Critical review of the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2007 report on 'evidence of the long-term effects of breastfeeding: Systematic reviews and meta-analysis' with respect to obesity

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 594-605

  Cope, M B ^b   Allison, D B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Infant formula feeding; Meta analysis; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DATA EXTRACTION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PROGENY; PROTECTION; PUBLISHING; RANDOM SAMPLE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; OBESITY;

EID: 54049122617     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2008.00504.x     Document Type: Review

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