Effect of duration of breastfeeding on neuropsychological development at 10 to 12years of age in a cohort of healthy children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 843-848

  Tozzi, Alberto Eugenio ^a   Bisiacchi, Patrizia ^b   Tarantino, Vincenza ^b   Chiarotti, Flavia ^c   D'Elia, Lidia ^c   De Mei, Barbara ^c   Romano, Mariateresa ^a   Gesualdo, Francesco ^a   Salmaso, Stefania ^c  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c National Health Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS-ACELLULAR PERTUSSIS VACCINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; THIMEROSAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WECHSLER SCALES; WRITING;

EID: 84865196217     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04319.x     Document Type: Article

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