Associations between fatty acids in colostrum and breast milk and risk of allergic disease

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1745-1751

  Lowe, A J ^a   Thien, F C K ^b   Stoney, R M ^b   Bennett, C M ^a   Hosking, C S ^c   Hill, D J ^d   Carlin, J B ^a   Abramson, M J ^e   Dharmage, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c JOHN HUNTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergy prevention; Asthma; Eczema; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Rhinitis

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MILK FAT; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLOSTRUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK LEVEL; MOTHER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOSTRUM; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECZEMA; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 54849434411     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2008.03073.x     Document Type: Article

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