Effects of breastfeeding on obesity and intelligence: Causal insights from different study designs

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 707-708

  Smithers, Lisa G ^a   Kramer, Michael S ^b   Lynch, John W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHORT SURVEY; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SIBLING;

BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84939824832     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0175     Document Type: Short Survey

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