Breastfeeding and infant size: Evidence of reverse causality

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 978-983

  Kramer, Michael S ^a,c   Moodie, Erica E M ^b   Dahhou, Mourad ^a   Platt, Robert W ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

body size; breast feeding; causal inference; evidence; infant

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD GROWTH; CRYING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEANING;

BELARUS;

EID: 79955609714     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq495     Document Type: Article

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