Breastfeeding reduces risk of respiratory illness in infants

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 147, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 863-870

  Gushing, Alice H ^a,c   Samet, Jonathan M ^a   Lambert, William E ^a   Skipper, Betty J ^a   Hunt, William C ^a   Young, Stephen A ^b   McLaren, Leroy C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Cohort studies; Incidence; Infants; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROTECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0032076731     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009540     Document Type: Article

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