Systematic review of the relationship between early introduction of solid foods to infants and the development of allergic disease

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 502-507

  Tarini, Beth A ^a,b,f   Carroll, Aaron E ^d   Sox, Colin M ^e   Christakis, Dimitri A ^a,b,c  

^a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Landstuhl Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ASTHMA; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DANDER; ECZEMA; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ECZEMA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646519887     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.5.502     Document Type: Review

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