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Breastfeeding, maternal education and cognitive function: a prospective study in twins.

Behavior genetics - 1 Nov 2009

Bartels M, van Beijsterveldt C E M, Boomsma D I

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The effect of breastfeeding on cognitive abilities is examined in the offspring of highly educated women and compared to the effects in women with low or middle educational attainment. All offspring consisted of 12-year old mono- or dizygotic twins and this made it possible to study the effect of breastfeeding on mean cognition scores as well as the moderating effects of breastfeeding on the heritability of...

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PMID: 19653092
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9293-9
PMCID: PMC2780679

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