The risks and benefits of infant feeding practices for women and their children

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-162

  Stuebe, A M ^a   Schwarz, E B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Epidemiology; Health promotion; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

LIPID; WATER;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LACTATION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; OTITIS MEDIA; OVARY CANCER; PARENT COUNSELING; PREMENOPAUSE; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; WATER QUALITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77649190359     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.107     Document Type: Review

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