Breastfeeding and infant illness in low-income, minority women: A prospective cohort study of the dose-response relationship

Journal of Human Lactation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-22

  Freeman, Katherine ^a   Bonuck, Karen A ^a   Trombley, Michelle ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Infant health; Infant morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK, HUMAN; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW YORK CITY; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTNATAL CARE; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38549118891     PISSN: 08903344     EISSN: 15525732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0890334407310676     Document Type: Article

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