Short report: Prolonged breastfeeding is associated with increased peak expiratory flow rate in non-atopic, healthy prepubertal boys [2]

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 120-121

  Banerjee, Indraneel ^a   Mukherjee, Dilip ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ATOPY; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PREPUBERTY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18744363016     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334405275269     Document Type: Letter

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