The beneficial effects of breastfeeding on microvascular function in 11- to 14-year-old children

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-142

  Khan, Faisel ^a   Green, Fiona C ^a   Forsyth, J Stewart ^a   Greene, Stephen A ^a   Newton, David J ^a   Belch, Jill J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cardiovascular disease; Children; Endothelium; Infancy; Nutrition; Public health

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT FEEDING; IONTOPHORESIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NITROPRUSSIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 65349158425     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X08099706     Document Type: Article

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