Does breastfeeding protect children from asthma? Analysis of NHANES III survey data

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 139-148

  Rust, George S ^a   Thompson, Corleen J ^a   Minor, Patrick ^a   Davis Mitchell, Wendy ^a   Holloway, Kelvin ^a   Murray, Virgil ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Breastfeeding; NHANES III

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0035531442     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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