The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 4 , Pages 568-574 , April 2010

The Long-Term Effects of Breastfeeding on Child and Adolescent Mental Health: A Pregnancy Cohort Study Followed for 14 Years

  • Wendy H. Oddy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: W.H. Oddy, PhD, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, PO Box 855, West Perth, WA, 6872, Australia.
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  • Garth E. Kendall, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
    • The University of Western Australia, the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
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  • Jianghong Li, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
    • Centre for International Health & School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
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  • Peter Jacoby, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
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  • Monique Robinson, BA (Hons) Psych

      Affiliations

    • Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
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  • Nicholas H. de Klerk, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
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  • Sven R. Silburn, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Developmental Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
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  • Stephen R. Zubrick, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Developmental Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
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  • Louis I. Landau, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
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  • Fiona J. Stanley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia

Received 8 April 2009 ,Revised 10 September 2009 ,Accepted 16 October 2009.

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 The Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine) Study is funded by the Raine Medical Research Foundation at The University of Western Australia, the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC), the Telstra Foundation, the Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation, and the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund. We would also like to acknowledge the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and the NHMRC Program Grant which supported the 14-year follow-up (Stanley et al, ID 003209). The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(09)01036-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.10.020

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 156, Issue 4 , Pages 568-574 , April 2010

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