Association between breast feeding and asthma in 6 year old children: Findings of a prospective birth cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7213, 1999, Pages 815-819

  Oddy, W H ^a   Holt, P G ^a   Sly, P D ^a   Read, A W ^a   Landau, L I ^b   Stanley, F J ^c   Kendall, G E ^c   Burton, P R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Prncs Margaret Hosp for Children ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN TEST; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; WHEEZING;

EID: 0033604104     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7213.815     Document Type: Article

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