A cohort study on full breastfeeding and child neuropsychological development: The role of maternal social, psychological, and nutritional factors

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 148-156

  Julvez, Jordi ^a,b,c   Guxens, Monica ^a,b,c,d   Carsin, Anne Elie ^a,b   Forns, Joan ^a,b   Mendez, Michelle ^e   Turner, Michelle C ^a,c,f   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,c,g  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e University of North Carolina   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOSTRUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATERNAL SMOKING; MCCARTHY SCALES OF CHILDREN'S ABILITIES; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

ADULT; APTITUDE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COLOSTRUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPAIN;

EID: 84892487320     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12282     Document Type: Article

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