Methodological challenges in studying long-term effects of breast-feeding

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 639, Issue , 2009, Pages 121-133

  Kramer, M S ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TIME;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BREAST FEEDING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62749178046     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8749-3_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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