Breastfeeding and reported morbidity during infancy: Findings from the Southampton Women's Survey

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-70

  Fisk, Catherine M ^a   Crozier, Sarah R ^a   Inskip, Hazel M ^a   Godfrey, Keith M ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Roberts, Graham C ^a,b   Robinson, Sian M ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding duration; Gastrointestinal morbidity; Infants; Nutrition; Respiratory infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; VOMITING;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; EARACHE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; VOMITING; WEANING;

EID: 78650160946     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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