Breastfeeding and educational achievement at age 5

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 92-101

  Heikkilä, Katriina ^a   Kelly, Yvonne ^b   Renfrew, Mary J ^c   Sacker, Amanda ^b   Quigley, Maria A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Foundation Stage Profile; FSP; Infant feeding

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMOTION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LACTATION; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; READING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

BREASTFEEDING; FOUNDATION STAGE PROFILE; FSP; INFANT FEEDING;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890565697     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2012.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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