Are starting and continuing breastfeeding related to educational background? The generation R study

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Van Rossem, Lenie ^a   Oenema, Anke ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Moll, Henriëtte A ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 66249120386     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2663     Document Type: Article

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