Infant Feeding and School Attainment in Five Cohorts from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Horta, Bernardo L ^a   Bas, Abet ^b   Bhargava, Santosh K ^c   Fall, Caroline H D ^d   Feranil, Alan ^b   de Kadt, Julia ^e   Martorell, Reynaldo ^f   Richter, Linda M ^e,g   Stein, Aryeh D ^f   Victora, Cesar G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN CARLOS   (Philippines)

^c Sunder Lal Jain Hospital   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT FEEDING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; PHILIPPINES; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882727401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071548     Document Type: Article

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