Prenatal investments, breastfeeding, and birth order

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue C, 2014, Pages 66-70

  Buckles, Kasey ^a,b   Kolka, Shawna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Breastfeeding; Infant health; Parity; Prenatal care; Prenatal vitamins; United States

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

BIRTH RATE; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHER; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH ORDER; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VITAMINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918492340     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.07.055     Document Type: Article

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