Prolonged exclusive breastfeeding duration is positively associated with risk of anemia in infants aged 12 months

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1707-1713

  Wang, Fenglei ^a   Liu, Huijuan ^b   Wan, Yi ^a   Li, Jing ^b   Chen, Yu ^b   Zheng, Jusheng ^c   Huang, Tao ^d   Li, Duo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiaxing Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anemia; Children; Cohort; Exclusive breastfeeding duration; Infants

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BLOOD; BODY MASS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84988429262     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.116.232967     Document Type: Article

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