The effect of breastfeeding on children's cognitive and noncognitive development

Labour Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 496-515

  Borra, Cristina ^a   Iacovou, Maria ^b   Sevilla, Almudena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Child development; Cognitive and noncognitive outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864526438     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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