Breastfeeding and infant eczema in the first year of life in the KOALA birth cohort study: A risk period-specific analysis

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Snijders, Bianca E P ^a   Thijs, Carel ^a,b   Kummeling, Ischa ^a   Penders, John ^b   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bias; Breastfeeding; Cohort; Eczema; Epidemiology; Infant; Reverse causation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT FEEDING; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; ECZEMA; HUMANS; INFANT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846905808     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0772     Document Type: Article

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