Health and development outcomes in 6.5-y-old children breastfed exclusively for 3 or 6 mo

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1070-1074

  Kramer, Michael S ^a,e   Matush, Lidia ^b   Bogdanovich, Natalia ^b   Aboud, Frances ^a   Mazer, Bruce ^a   Fombonne, Eric ^a   Collet, Jean Paul ^a   Hodnett, Ellen ^c   Mironova, Elena ^b   Igumnov, Sergei ^b   Chalmers, Beverley ^d   Dahhou, Mourad ^a   Platt, Robert W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Republican Scientific Practical Centre Mother and Child   (Belarus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST HIP RATIO; BELARUS; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GROWTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BREAST FEEDING; BYELARUS; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 70349784095     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28021     Document Type: Article

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