Breastfeeding and language outcomes: A review of the literature

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-40

  Mahurin Smith, Jamie ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Child language; Feeding; Language delay; Language disorder; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BRAIN MATURATION; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DIET; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LACTATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD LANGUAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 84944150875     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: 18737994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2015.04.002     Document Type: Review

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