"Breast is best": The evidence

Early Human Development

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 729-732

  Kramer, Michael S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Breastfeeding; Cognitive development; Obesity; Programming; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; METABOLIC DISEASES; OBESITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049294104     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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