Breastfeeding and allergic disease: A multidisciplinary review of the literature (1966-2001) on the mode of early feeding in infancy and its impact on later atopic manifestations

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 833-843

  Van Odijk, J ^a   Kull, I ^b   Borres, M P ^a   Brandtzaeg, P ^c   Edberg, U ^d   Hanson, L A ^a   Høst, Arne ^e   Kuitunen, M ^f   Olsen, S F ^g   Skerfving, S ^h   Sundell, J ⁱ   Wille, S ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j HELSINGBORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Allergy; Asthma; Atopic disease; Breastfeeding; Cow's milk formula; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATOPY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; MILK; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCANDINAVIA; WHEEZING;

ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT FORMULA; MILK; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0042326193     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.2003.00264.x     Document Type: Review

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