The Long-Term Public Health Benefits of Breastfeeding

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-14

  Binns, Colin ^b   Lee, Mikyung ^c   Low, Wah Yun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

benefits; breastfeeding; chronic disease; review

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; PUBLIC HEALTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BREAST FEEDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84955294713     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539515624964     Document Type: Article

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