Breastfeeding, Maternal education and cognitive function: A prospective study in twins

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 616-622

  Bartels, M ^a   Van Beijsterveldt, C E M ^a   Boomsma, D I ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Cognition; G E; Maternal education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COGNITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TWINS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 71549154967     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9293-9     Document Type: Article

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