Breastfeeding Versus Formula-Feeding and Girls’ Pubertal Development

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 519-527

  Kale, Aarti ^a   Deardorff, Julianna ^a   Lahiff, Maureen ^a   Laurent, Cecile ^b   Greenspan, Louise C ^b   Hiatt, Robert A ^c   Windham, Gayle ^d   Galvez, Maida P ^e   Biro, Frank M ^f   Pinney, Susan M ^g   Teitelbaum, Susan L ^e   Wolff, Mary S ^e   Barlow, Janice ^h   Mirabedi, Anousheh ^b   Lasater, Molly ^b   Kushi, Lawrence H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Zero Breast Cancer   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breastfeeding; Puberty; Puberty early onset

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CALIFORNIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEW YORK; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AGE OF ONSET; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; NEW YORK CITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84939880163     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1533-9     Document Type: Article

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