Breast-feeding and the prevalence of asthma and wheeze in children: Analyses from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 328-336

  Chulada, Patricia C ^a   Arbes Jr , Samuel J ^a   Dunson, David ^a   Zeldin, Darryl C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Breast feeding; Environmental tobacco smoke; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III; Recurrent wheeze

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TOBACCO; WHEEZING;

EID: 0037329739     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.127     Document Type: Article

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