Breastfeeding and brain structure in adolescence

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 150-159

  Kafouri, Salomi ^a   Kramer, Michael ^b   Leonard, Gabriel ^c   Perron, Michel ^d   Pike, Bruce ^c   Richer, Louis ^d   Toro, Roberto ^e   Veillette, Suzanne ^f   Pausova, Zdenka ^g   Paus, Tomáš ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f CEGEP Jonquiere   (Canada)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cortical thickness; Development; Human milk; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BRAIN; BREASTFEEDING; COGNITION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; META-ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COGNITION; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGUENAY;

EID: 84875605567     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys172     Document Type: Article

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