Breastfeeding, body mass index, and asthma and atopy in children

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 554, Issue , 2004, Pages 387-390

  Oddy, W H ^a,b   Sherriff, J L ^a   De Klerk, N H ^b   Kendall, G E ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 4644342915     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-4242-8_47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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