Parity and breastfeeding in relation to obesity among black and white women in the southern community cohort study

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1323-1332

  Cohen, Sarah S ^a,b   Larson, Celia O ^c   Matthews, Charles E ^d   Buchowski, MacIej S ^d   Signorello, Lisa B ^a,d   Hargreaves, Margaret K ^c   Blot, William J ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349221130     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1181     Document Type: Article

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