Breastfeeding and Childhood IQ: The Mediating Role of Gray Matter Volume

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 367-375

  Luby, Joan L ^a   Belden, Andy C ^a   Whalen, Diana ^a   Harms, Michael P ^a   Barch, Deanna M ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain development; breastfeeding; IQ

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCORTEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INTELLIGENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE;

EID: 84965053010     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.009     Document Type: Article

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