Duration of lactation and incidence of maternal hypertension: A longitudinal cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1147-1158

  Stuebe, Alison M ^a,b   Schwarz, Eleanor B ^c   Grewen, Karen ^a   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^d,e   Michels, Karin B ^d,f   Foster, E Michael ^b   Curhan, Gary ^d,e   Forman, John ^e  

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

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

breast feeding; hypertension; lactation; oxytocin; parity; pregnancy; prolactin; women

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE; HYPERTENSION; LACTATION; LIFESTYLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK; STILLBIRTH; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80655125055     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr227     Document Type: Article

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