The effect of breastfeeding and its duration on acute otitis media in children in Brno, Czech Republic

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 143-146

  Vogazianos, Ermis ^a,b   Vogazianos, Paris ^b   Fiala, Jindřich ^b,c   Janeček, Dalibor ^a   Šlapák, Ivo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Dept of Preventive Medicine ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Breastfeeding; Duration; Otorhinolaryngology; Paediatrics; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 37749048441     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3427     Document Type: Article

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