Duration of breastfeeding and childhood obesity: A generalized propensity score approach

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2 PART1, 2013, Pages 628-651

  Jiang, Miao ^a   Foster, E Michael ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding duration; childhood obesity; confounding; generalized additive model (GAM); generalized propensity score (GPS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPENSITY SCORE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PROPENSITY SCORE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875053509     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01456.x     Document Type: Article

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