Breast feeding and the risk of allergy and asthma

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7624, 2007, Pages 782-783

  Gahagan, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; EDITORIAL; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; OBESITY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN TEST; WHEEZING; BELARUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

ASTHMA; BREAST FEEDING; BYELARUS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35549002727     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39349.658993.80     Document Type: Editorial

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